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Flatlands Avenue & East 40th Street, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East), 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East)

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East), 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East)

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East)

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East)

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East)

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East)

    1923; 1925; 1928

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Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East), 1922–1923

Photo 1 of 6 at Flatlands Avenue & East 40th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Flatlands Avenue - 40th Street (East)

1922; 1923

(1) Flatlands Ave., south side, between East 40th and 41st Streets, showing the John Brown House, owned by J. Brown in 1860, and by J. S. Brown in 1873. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from another angle. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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