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Kings Highway & Avenue J, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 45th Street (East), 1922–1926

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 45th Street (East)

    1922; 1924; 1926

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 45th Street (East), 1922–1926

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 45th Street (East)

    1922; 1924; 1926

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 45th Street (East), 1922–1926

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 45th Street (East)

    1922; 1924; 1926

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J, 1935

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J, 1935

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J, 1935

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J, 1935

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Avenue J

    1935

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Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 45th Street (East), 1922–1926

Photo 3 of 8 at Kings Highway & Avenue J, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 45th Street (East)

1922; 1924; 1926

(1) Kings Highway, east side, (on line of Ave. I,) between East 45th to 46th Streets, showing the Old Woolsey House, taken down in 1925. This house was owned by Peter Hughes in 1857 and by Mrs Hughes in 1873. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from another angle. August 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, showing the farmhouse occupied by William Garrett from 1860-1873. April 1926. Eugene L. Armbruster collection.

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