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Banker Street & Norman Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Banker Street - Norman Avenue, 1937

    Brooklyn: Banker Street - Norman Avenue

    1937

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Brooklyn: Banker Street - Norman Avenue, 1937

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Brooklyn: Banker Street - Norman Avenue

1937

Banker Street (right), north from Norman Ave., showing the Eagle Barrel Co., at 150 Banker Street. In the background on the left, is Gem Street. The midtown skyscapers of Manhattan are in the background. July 23, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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