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Lake Place & West 6th Street, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West), 1923

    Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: 6th Street (West) - Lake Place, 1925

    Brooklyn: 6th Street (West) - Lake Place

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West), 1935

    Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West)

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West), 1935

    Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West)

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West), 1935

    Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West)

    1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West), 1935

Photo 4 of 5 at Lake Place & West 6th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Lake Place - 6th Street (West)

1935

125 Lake Place, at the N.E. corner of West 6th Street, showing one of the many old one family homes that are fast disappearing in Brooklyn. This set of three views were taken at the same time and exclusive of No. 3 (which shows West 6th Street) are identical. April 25, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

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