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71st Street & Ridge Boulevard, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1930 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 71st Street - Ridge Boulevard, 1930

    Brooklyn: 71st Street - Ridge Boulevard

    1930

  • Brooklyn: 71st Street - Ridge Boulevard, 1930

    Brooklyn: 71st Street - Ridge Boulevard

    1930

  • Brooklyn: Ovington Avenue - Ridge Boulevard, 1937

    Brooklyn: Ovington Avenue - Ridge Boulevard

    1937

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Brooklyn: Ovington Avenue - Ridge Boulevard, 1937

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Brooklyn: Ovington Avenue - Ridge Boulevard

1937

261 Ovington ave., north side, between Ridge Boulevard and Third Ave., showing the 9th A.D. Democratic Club. December 17, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

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