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Surf Avenue & West 5th Street, Brooklyn

10 historical photos taken here between 1908 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Islands - Coney Island - Dreamland Park - [Dreamland Park tower.], 1908

    Islands - Coney Island - Dreamland Park - [Dreamland Park tower.]

    1908

  • Islands - Coney Island - Canoe Point., 1910

    Islands - Coney Island - Canoe Point.

    1910

  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West), 1922–1924

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West)

    1922; 1923; 1924

  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West), 1922–1924

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West)

    1922; 1923; 1924

  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West)

    1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West)

    1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West)

    1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West), 1923

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West)

    1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: West 5th Street between Boardwalk and Surf Avenue., 1927

    Brooklyn: West 5th Street between Boardwalk and Surf Avenue.

    1927

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Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West), 1923–1928

Photo 7 of 10 at Surf Avenue & West 5th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 5th Street (West)

1923; 1928

(1) Surf AVE., west from West 5th Street, showing at the right, (N.W. corner of 5th Street), Vanderveer's Hotel. December 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) A closer view of the afore mentioned hotel. December 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) A view, similar to No. 1. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) another, more of less similar, taken from a point farther westward (West 6th Street). October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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