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Bolivar Street & Navy Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Navy Street - Bolivar Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Navy Street - Bolivar Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Bolivar Street - Navy Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Bolivar Street - Navy Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Bolivar Street - Navy Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Bolivar Street - Navy Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Bolivar Street - Navy Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Bolivar Street - Navy Street

    1934

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Brooklyn: Navy Street - Bolivar Street, 1927

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Brooklyn: Navy Street - Bolivar Street

1927

202-204 Navy Street, west side, between Bolivar and Willoughby Streets, showing Italian decorations on No. 202. October 31, 1927. P. L. Sperr.

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