Historic American Buildings Survey photographs of colonial era buildings in Brooklyn 1940

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Historic American Buildings Survey photographs of colonial era buildings in Brooklyn 1940

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/v1974_044_historic_american_buildings_survey/v1974_044_historic_american_buildings_survey.html

0.1 Linear feet; 47 photographic prints contained in five folders and 16 negatives housed in one medium format negative box.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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