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Remsen Street & Hicks Street, Brooklyn

12 historical photos taken here between 1890 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Montague Street, 1890

    Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Montague Street

    1890

  • Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street, 1900

    Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street

    1900

  • Brooklyn: Montague Street - Hicks Street, 1915

    Brooklyn: Montague Street - Hicks Street

    1915

  • Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Montague Street, 1920

    Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Montague Street

    1920

  • Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Remsen Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Hicks Street - Remsen Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street, 1925-04; 1929-03-01

    Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street

    1925-04; 1929-03-01

  • Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street, 1925-04; 1929-03-01

    Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street

    1925-04; 1929-03-01

  • Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street, 1925-04; 1929-03-01

    Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street

    1925-04; 1929-03-01

  • Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Remsen Street - Hicks Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Montague Street - Hicks Street, 1915

Photo 3 of 12 at Remsen Street & Hicks Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Montague Street - Hicks Street

1915

(1) Montague Street, at the S.E. corner of Hicks Street, showing Miss Whitcomb's "Young Ladies Seminary", adjoining home of John A. Latimer. Both were razed to make way for the Bossert Hotel. 1915. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another view. 1915. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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