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Cortelyou Road & East 21st Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1905, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 21st Street (East), 1905

    Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 21st Street (East)

    1905

  • Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 21st Street (East), 1905

    Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 21st Street (East)

    1905

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Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 21st Street (East), 1905

Photo 1 of 2 at Cortelyou Road & East 21st Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Cortelyou Road - 21st Street (East)

1905

(1) Cortelyou Road, at Flatbush Ave., showing the Cortelyou house and Jeremiah Lott house, at the N.W. and N.E. corners of Flatbush Ave., and Cortelyou Road, respectively. About 1905. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing only the N.W. corner. About 1905. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, showing rear view of No. 2, as seen from East 21st Street. About 1905. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, showing another view. About 1905. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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