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Nassau Avenue & Van Dam Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Nassau Avenue - Van Dam Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Nassau Avenue - Van Dam Street

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Nassau Avenue - Van Dam Street, 1939

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Brooklyn: Nassau Avenue - Van Dam Street

1939

Nassau Ave., B'klyn., east of Van Dam St. Sept. 1, 1939 P.L. Sperr, photographer

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