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Hanson Place & St. Felix Street, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1926 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street, 1926

    Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street

    1926

  • Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street, 1927–1940

    Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street

    1927; 1929; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street, 1927–1940

    Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street

    1927; 1929; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street, 1927–1940

    Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street

    1927; 1929; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street

    1940

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Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street, 1927–1940

Photo 4 of 5 at Hanson Place & St. Felix Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Hanson Place - St. Felix Street

1927; 1929; 1940

(1) Hanson Place, at the N. W. corner of St. Felix Street, showing the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church, erected in 1873. About 1927 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection (2) Another view of the church, years later, showing scaffolding going up for its demolition. A new church edifice was later erected on the same site. To the left is the 26-story Williamsburg Savings Bank Building. May 11, 1929 P. L. Sperr (3) The new church edifice, seen from Flatbush Avenue. May 17, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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