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72nd Street & 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1921 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1921

    Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue

    1921

  • Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue

    1929

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Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1929

Photo 6 of 6 at 72nd Street & 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 72nd Street - 3rd Avenue

1929

(1) 212-218 72nd Street, south side, between Third Ave., and Ridge Blvd. The buildings concerned are frame. May 10, 1929. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from a slightly different angle, showing frame houses at Nos. 212-214 72nd Street, and a large apartment house at the S.E. corner of Ridge Blvd., and 72nd Street. May 10, 1929. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, from a different angle. May 10, 1929. P. L. Sperr.

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