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4th Avenue & 42nd Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1930

    Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

  • Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1930

    Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 42nd Street

    1930

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Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 42nd Street, 1930

Photo 1 of 2 at 4th Avenue & 42nd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 4th Avenue - 42nd Street

1930

4th Avenue, west side, from 42nd to 43rd Streets, showing St. Michaels Roman Catholic Church and school (left). View 1 is across 43rd Street; view 2 across 42nd Street. July 4, 1930 Views 1,2 P. L. Sperr

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