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Jamaica Avenue & Linwood Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1923, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Linwood Street, 1923

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Linwood Street

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Linwood Street, 1923

    Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Linwood Street

    1923

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Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Linwood Street, 1923

Photo 1 of 2 at Jamaica Avenue & Linwood Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Jamaica Avenue - Linwood Street

1923

(1) 494 Jamaica Ave., south side, between Linwood and Elton Streets, showing the William Stoothoff farmhouse, which was owned by Frank E. Hart in 1889, B. Benzinger in 1923 and also occupied by Theo. Van Wyck at one time. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing a side view. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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