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Avenue R and 31st Street
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"East 31st Street, west side, north from Ave. R, 1929." Interestingly there is no way that this view could possibly be the direction that the photograph notes mark it as. The homes on the west side of 31st Street, north of Avenue R are separate structures. But this view could be nearly any other direction from that corner, as the planned developments in all other directions are so similar in look, as to make them almost indistinguishable.
Doing Their Part: Victory Gardens of New York City
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While the fighting of World War II remained on the other side of the ocean, the effects of the war were deeply felt in New York City. Wartime ramifications included serious food shortages, as much American-grown food was being shipped overseas for troops and allies abroad. By 1943, the government had created a push for the cultivation of private lands for locally grown crops. These "victory gardens" sprouted up (pun intended) all over the city. The statistics for New York victory gardens were impressive: 400,000 victory gardens on 600 acres of private land which, over the course of the war, produced 200 million pounds of vegetables! Check out the bounty of New York's wartime farmers!
Tudor Homes
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“By the end of the 1930s, the Tudor-revival row house had become as ubiquitous a feature of Brooklyn’s trollyburbs as the Victorian brownstone was of the nineteenth-century neighborhoods north of the moraine.” Thomas J. Campanella East 31st Street, west side, north from Ave. R, 1929.
3603 Fillmore Avenue
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"Fillmore Ave., north side, between East 36th and East 37th Sts. This is part of one of Brooklyn's largest developments 1925." During the early part of the 20th century, the City was making plans to drastically alter the waterfront in this area of Brooklyn. The plan was to dredge the Rockaway channel to allow large ships to enter the proposed harbor of Jamaica Bay. This plan prompted a real estate boom in the area around Marine Park and these homes are likely a result of that development.
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Avenue R and 31st Street
3517 Avenue R
Corn on the cob Caption: "Corn on the cob--Mrs. Sophie Duhme of 3517 Avenue R., Victory Garden chairman of the Flatlands C. D. V.O., examines the corn grown in the community garden plot made available by the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush."
Public School 222
Eighth graders cut a graduation rug Image represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1440), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Eighth graders cut a graduation rug--Eighth grade students at Public School 222 couldn't wait through four years of high school for their first prom, so they staged one of their own in the school auditorium, Quentin Road between E 33d and 34th Sts., to celebrate graduation. The 'rug cutters' busy on the dance floor most of the evening, crowd around the refreshment table during intermission to enjoy the snacks and punch prepared and served by a corps of parent-chaperones. Late arrivals \[1441] sample the refreshments before venturing onto the crowded floor."
Public School 222
Phil Puagrano, Susie, Polly and Rosalie DeFeo Caption: "It was a great show a group of boro kids put on in Public School 222, Quentin Road and E. 34th St. They are pupils of the Bells Dancing School. Those who entertained were \[tap dancers] Phil Puagrano, Susie, Polly and Rosalie DeFeo and Carroll Sussall \[not pictured]."
Public School 222
Eighth graders cut a graduation rug Image represented is one of a related set (SCHL 1440), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Eighth graders cut a graduation rug--Eighth grade students at Public School 222 couldn't wait through four years of high school for their first prom, so they staged one of their own in the school auditorium, Quentin Road between E 33d and 34th Sts., to celebrate graduation. The 'rug cutters' busy on the dance floor most of the evening, crowd around the refreshment table during intermission to enjoy the snacks and punch prepared and served by a corps of parent-chaperones. Late arrivals \[1441] sample the refreshments before venturing onto the crowded floor."
3603 Fillmore Avenue
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