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395 Flatbush Avenue Ext
Montauk Theatre

[Marquee of Werba's Brooklyn Theater]

View from right of marquee of theater known variously as Werba's, Billy Minsky's Burlesque, Crescent, and Old Montauk that stood at Flatbush Avenue and Fulton Street before being razed in 1940; "WERBA'S" in electric letters above blank marquee; oval portrait of showgirl on right of marquee; "FOR SALE" sign above marquee; fading sign above for sale sign reads, "GIRLIE S[HO]WS FASTEST IN BROOKLYN"; lone man in trench coat standing before closed doors of theater.

IMAGE DATE1940
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