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Lefferts Place & Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here in 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Lefferts Place, 1941

    Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Lefferts Place

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lefferts Place - Franklin Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Lefferts Place, 1941

Photo 3 of 7 at Lefferts Place & Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Lefferts Place

1941

Franklin Avenue, north from Lefferts Place, toward Fulton Street. P. L. Sperr September 6, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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