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Warren St & Columbia St, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Warren St. - Columbia St., 1940

    Brooklyn: Warren St. - Columbia St.

    1940

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Brooklyn: Warren St. - Columbia St., 1940

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Brooklyn: Warren St. - Columbia St.

1940

Warren Street, east from and across Columbia Street. The second building on the left is the Hills Brothers stable. Across its roof is the spire of St. Peters Roman Catholic Church, at Hicks Street, and beyond that is St. Peters Hospital. October 15, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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