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Hamilton Avenue & 14th Street, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1931 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1931–1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

    1931; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1931–1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

    1931; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1931–1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

    1931; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 14th Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 14th Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

    1940

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Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street, 1940

Photo 9 of 9 at Hamilton Avenue & 14th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 14th Street

1940

Hamilton Avenue, north from 14th Street, showing the bridge over the Gowanus Canal. On the right bank of the canal is the Devoe and Reynolds paint factory in the process of being torn down. This area was later rebuilt into the Gowanus Parkway, the borough's northerly extension of the Belt Parkway and the main highway leading to and from the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. October 17, 1940 Views 1,2 P. L. Sperr view 3: Neg.No.A-1028 view 3: July 26, 1940

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