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Lorraine Street & Court Street, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1930 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street, 1930

    Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street

    1930

  • Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street, 1930

    Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street

    1930

  • Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Court Street - Lorraine Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Court Street - Lorraine Street

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street, 1941

Photo 4 of 5 at Lorraine Street & Court Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Court Street

1941

Lorraine St. from Court St. to Hamilton Ave., B'klyn. Construction of elevated Belt Parkway. Nov. 15, 1941 P.L. Sperr, photographer

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