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  • Brooklyn: Halleck Street - Smith Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Halleck Street - Smith Street

    1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Halleck Street - Smith Street, 1934

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Brooklyn: Halleck Street - Smith Street

1934

Halleck Street, north side, between Smith Street and Gowanus Canal. The buildings at the right, are the Bowne Merton Stores, at 611 Smith Street. In the background on 13th Street, are the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. Tanks. In the extreme left, is the overhead lines of the Eighth Ave. Subway. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

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