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Poplar Street, Brooklyn

16 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Willow St. - Middagh St., 1922

    Brooklyn: Willow St. - Middagh St.

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Willow Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Willow Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights, 1922

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Columbia Heights

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Palmer Boulevard, 1925

    Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Palmer Boulevard

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Willow Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Willow Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Poplar Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Poplar Street

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St., 1932

    Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St.

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Willow Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Willow Street

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St., 1932

    Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St.

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Columbia Heights, 1932

    Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Columbia Heights

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St., 1936

    Brooklyn: Willow St. - Poplar St.

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Hicks Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Hicks Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Willow Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Poplar Street - Willow Street

    1939

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  • Hicks Street & Cranberry Street, Brooklyn (8 photos)
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  • Columbia Heights, Brooklyn (4 photos)
  • Middagh Street & Hicks Street, Brooklyn (9 photos)
  • Cranberry Street & Willow Street, Brooklyn (6 photos)
  • Henry Street & Middagh Street, Brooklyn (6 photos)
  • Columbia Heights, Brooklyn (5 photos)
  • Orange Street & Hicks Street, Brooklyn (19 photos)

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Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Palmer Boulevard, 1925

Photo 7 of 16 at Poplar Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Middagh Street - Palmer Boulevard

1925

1-5 Middagh Street, north side, west of No. 5, at right foreground. Also seen is No. 62 Columbia Heights, (built in 1850 by the Rev. J. Carter), to the left of which is a Park. 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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