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4th Avenue & 30th Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 30th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 30th Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 30th Street, 1940

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Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 30th Street

1940

4th Avenue, east side, south from 30th to 31st Streets, showing two gasoline stations occupying the block. July 21, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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