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Eastern Parkway & Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park - entrance., 1900–1909

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park - entrance.

    1900; 1909

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Eastern Parkway, 1937–1938

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Eastern Parkway

    1937; 1938

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Eastern Parkway, 1937–1938

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Eastern Parkway

    1937; 1938

  • Art Exhibit - Brooklyn., 1938

    Art Exhibit - Brooklyn.

    1938

  • Art Exhibit - Brooklyn., 1938

    Art Exhibit - Brooklyn.

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Eastern Parkway - Flatbush Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Eastern Parkway - Flatbush Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Eastern Parkway - Flatbush Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Eastern Parkway - Flatbush Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Eastern Parkway - Flatbush Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Eastern Parkway - Flatbush Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Prospect Park - entrance., 1900–1909

Photo 1 of 8 at Eastern Parkway & Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Prospect Park - entrance.

1900; 1909

Prospect Park Entrance, at Grand Army Plaza, showing the monument in honor of the Civil War dead. Early 1900's Gift of Urbrook Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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