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[Metropolitan Avenue: BMT Canarsie Line]

Metropolitan Avenue roadway looking west towards Lorimer Street in Brooklyn, New York prior to construction of the BMT Canarsie Line. Advertising for tobacco, Wrigleys chewing gum and Peter Doelger beer can be seen.

IMAGE DATE1916
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View west toward the intersection Metropolitan Avenue and Lorimer Street, prior to construction of the BMT Canarsie Line, June 16, 1916.

The building at right with the large tobacco advertisement is No. 593 Metropolitan Avenue.

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