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1638 East 34th Street
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"1638-1668 East 34th Street, west side, south from Ave. P. A view of "mass production" one family brick homes, 1928." These attached one family brick homes are all over Brooklyn, and make up large sections of the residential structures in Marine Park. The sign on the corner says "Now open for inspection.Price $925..."
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!
Nostrand Theatre
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Nostrand Theatre, June 18, 1961. One of a number of theatres along Nostrand Avenue that used the same name at various times, the theatre at nos. 2817-2825 was constructed in 1938 in an Art Deco style. Designed by John Eberson, the well-known architect of movie palaces. The auditorium had seating for 1000. Its first two screenings were 'A Man to Remember' and 'That Certain Age.' The building housed the movie theatre until 1984. Today the building remains and is occupied by a gym.
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.
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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."
1638 East 34th Street
1615 East 36th Street
Brooklyn: 36th Street (East) - Avenue P
3708-3712 Quentin Road
Brooklyn: Quentin Road - 38th Street (East) Quentin Road, near East 38th Street. A type of two family home common in this area of Flatbush. 1928.
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."
Avenue R and 31st Street
Nostrand Theatre
\[Nostrand Theatre.] Nostrand Theatre (on Nostrand Avenue, just south of Kings Highway) (on east side of avenue).
1467 East 31st Street
\[1467 E. 31st Street.] 1467 E. 31st Street at s.e. corner of Kings Highway and E. 31st Street - a modern brick house.
3214 Kings Highway
\[Modern homes at south side of Kings Highway.] Modern homes at south side of Kings Highway between East 33rd Street and New York Avenue.
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