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9th Street & 4th Avenue, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1930 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue, 1930

    Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue

    1930

  • Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue, 1930

    Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue

    1930

  • Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue, 1930

Photo 2 of 6 at 9th Street & 4th Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 9th Street - 4th Avenue

1930

9th Street, at the N. E. corner of Fourth Avenue, showing the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church. The edifice extends north to 8th Street and shows, at the N. E. corner of the latter, the St. Thomas Aquinas School. View 2 shows the Fourth Avenue side of the church, viewing south from 8th Street. July 4, 1930 Views 1,2 P. L. Sperr

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