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Main Street & Front Street, Brooklyn

13 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street, 1924

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street, 1924

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street, 1926

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street

    1926

  • Brooklyn: Front Street - Main Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Front Street - Main Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Front Street - Main Street, 1928–1931

    Brooklyn: Front Street - Main Street

    1928; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Front Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Garrison Street - Front Street, 1932–1938

    Brooklyn: Garrison Street - Front Street

    1932; 1938

  • Brooklyn: Garrison Street - Front Street, 1932–1938

    Brooklyn: Garrison Street - Front Street

    1932; 1938

  • Brooklyn: Front Street - Main Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Front Street - Main Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Front Street - Garrison Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Front Street - Garrison Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Front Street - Main Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Front Street - Main Street

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Front Street - Garrison Street, 1938

Photo 12 of 13 at Main Street & Front Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Front Street - Garrison Street

1938

Front Street, east from Garrison Street. April 4, 1938. P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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