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Scholes Street & Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1935 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Manhattan Avenue - Stagg Street, 1935

    Brooklyn: Manhattan Avenue - Stagg Street

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Manhattan Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Manhattan Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Manhattan Avenue - Scholes Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Manhattan Avenue - Scholes Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Manhattan Avenue - Scholes Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Manhattan Avenue - Scholes Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Manhattan Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Manhattan Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Manhattan Avenue, 1937

    Brooklyn: Scholes Street - Manhattan Avenue

    1937

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Brooklyn: Manhattan Avenue - Scholes Street, 1936

Photo 3 of 6 at Scholes Street & Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Manhattan Avenue - Scholes Street

1936

(1) Manhattan Ave., east side, north from Scholes to Stagg Streets, showing a Public School under construction, in the new model residential area of Williamsburg; sponsored by the Federal Government, through the Federal Housing Administration. August 10, 1936. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, at a later date. October 27, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

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