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Kimball Street & Avenue B, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1931, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Kimball Street - Avenue B, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kimball Street - Avenue B

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kimball Street - Avenue B, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kimball Street - Avenue B

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kimball Street - Avenue B, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kimball Street - Avenue B

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Kimball Street - Avenue B, 1931

Photo 1 of 3 at Kimball Street & Avenue B, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Kimball Street - Avenue B

1931

(1) Kimball Street, east side, south from Ave. V. A view of the foot of Kimball Street, ending in Jamaica Bay. At the left, is a Boat Dock, and storage place. February 26, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, another angle. February 26, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, looking southeast along Kimball Street, from Ave. U and East 36th Street, showing Hemlock City in the background; now a section of Brooklyn between Floyd Bennett Field and Marine Park. About 1931. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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