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Knickerbocker Avenue & Madison Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1897 and 1924, oldest first.

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  • Cemeteries - Union Cemetery - Brooklyn., 1897

    Cemeteries - Union Cemetery - Brooklyn.

    1897

  • Brooklyn: Knickerbocker Avenue - Madison Street, 1924

    Brooklyn: Knickerbocker Avenue - Madison Street

    1924

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Cemeteries - Union Cemetery - Brooklyn., 1897

Photo 1 of 2 at Knickerbocker Avenue & Madison Street, Brooklyn

Cemeteries - Union Cemetery - Brooklyn.

1897

(1) Union Cemetery, Knickerbocker to Irving Aves., Palmetto Street to Putnam Ave. The frame building in the center, is No. 621 Knickerbocker Ave; the building to the left of it, stands on the S.E. corner of Woodbine Street. The north side of Palmetto Street, appears in the background. 1897. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, looking north and northwest across the cemetery. 1897. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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