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Clinton Avenue & Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1922

  • Clinton Avenue #337-41, 1939

    Clinton Avenue #337-41

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clinton Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clinton Avenue

    1941

  • Lafayette Avenue - Clinton Avenue looking west, 1941-09-19

    Lafayette Avenue - Clinton Avenue looking west

    1941-09-19

  • Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clinton Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Clinton Avenue

    1942

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Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1940

Photo 3 of 9 at Clinton Avenue & Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Clinton Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

1940

333, 329, 323 Clinton Avenue, at, adjoining and north of the N.E. corner of Lafayette Avenue, showing three private mansions in the Fort Greene Park section of the borough. View 2 shows the corner house, 333. P. L. Sperr October 12, 1940 views 1,2

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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