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Maspeth Avenue & Debevoise Avenue, Brooklyn

12 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1922–1928

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1922–1928

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1922–1928

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1922–1928

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Debevoise Avenue - Maspeth Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: Debevoise Avenue - Maspeth Avenue

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1928–1929

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: Maspeth Avenue - Debevoise Avenue

    1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Debevoise Avenue - Maspeth Avenue, 1922

Photo 5 of 12 at Maspeth Avenue & Debevoise Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Debevoise Avenue - Maspeth Avenue

1922

Debevoise Ave., at the N.E. corner of Maspeth Ave., housed the employees of Peter Cooper, who conducted a glue factory in the rear of these houses. (Cooper Park and Cooper Union were named in his memory. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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