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Flatlands Avenue & East 87th Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1925, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 87th Street (East), 1925

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 87th Street (East)

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 87th Street (East), 1925

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 87th Street (East)

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 87th Street (East), 1925

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 87th Street (East)

    1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 87th Street (East), 1925

Photo 2 of 3 at Flatlands Avenue & East 87th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 87th Street (East)

1925

Flatlands Avenue, east from East 87th Street, showing the W. P. A. conducting highway improvement operations on the north side of the thoroughfare. View 3 is east from East 88th Street. September 25, 1925 Views 1,2,3 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

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