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Court Street & Nelson Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1930 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Court Street - Nelson Street, 1930

    Brooklyn: Court Street - Nelson Street

    1930

  • Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn - Lorraine Street., 1934

    Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn - Lorraine Street.

    1934

  • Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn - Lorraine Street., 1934

    Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn - Lorraine Street.

    1934

  • Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn - Lorraine Street., 1934

    Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn - Lorraine Street.

    1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn - Lorraine Street., 1934

Photo 4 of 4 at Court Street & Nelson Street, Brooklyn

Gowanus Canal - Brooklyn - Lorraine Street.

1934

(1) Gowanus Canal, west side, at Lorraine Street, showing to the right of the Sapolin Co. Building (foreground) the West 9th Street elevated bridge of the Independent Subway Line. In the background (left) is St. Mary, Star of the Sea R.C. Church on Court and Nelson Streets. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, showing at the right foreground Bowne Stores' warehouse at 611 Smith Street, beyond which on the east bank of Gowanus Canal is a tank of the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, another angle. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

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