Subway Construction Photograph Collection. Contract Three. Route 29, 1914-1921

The 1,143 Contract Three, Route 29 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Nostrand Avenue Branch of the Brooklyn Line between Crown Heights and Flatbush, Brooklyn (the 2 train and 5 train). The route covers the following sections: Section 1, Nostrand Avenue from Eastern Parkway to Church Avenue; Section 2, Nostrand Avenue from Church Avenue to Flatbush Avenue. Views include the residential and commercial stretches of Nostrand Avenue. There are many storefronts and brownstones, and some wooden row houses and detached wood frame cottages.

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Print Room - PR-069 - Box 067-070

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The 1,143 Contract Three, Route 29 photographs show construction by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) of the Nostrand Avenue Branch of the Brooklyn Line between Crown Heights and Flatbush, Brooklyn (the 2 train and 5 train). The route covers the following sections: Section 1, Nostrand Avenue from Eastern Parkway to Church Avenue; Section 2, Nostrand Avenue from Church Avenue to Flatbush Avenue. Views include the residential and commercial stretches of Nostrand Avenue. There are many storefronts and brownstones, and some wooden row houses and detached wood frame cottages.

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