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Meeker Avenue & Van Dam Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1938 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Van Dam Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Van Dam Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Van Dam Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Van Dam Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Van Dam Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Van Dam Street

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Van Dam Street, 1938

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Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Van Dam Street

1938

Meeker Avenue, south side, adjoining Vandam Street (right not shown), showing an auto wrecking plant. August 13, 1938. P.L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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