Here's What Brooklyn Apartments Looked Like In The 1970s

Johnny Redd home. 416 Waverly Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. April 6, 1978.

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Johnny Redd home. 416 Waverly Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. April 6, 1978.

Photo by Dinanda Nooney/NYPL

Joe & Pat Hynes. 10 Olive Walk, Breezy Point [Queens]. July 25, 1978.

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Joe & Pat Hynes. 10 Olive Walk, Breezy Point, Brooklyn. July 25, 1978.

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Bill & Lucy Sikes. 231 Washington Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. May 7, 1978.

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Bill & Lucy Sikes. 231 Washington Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. May 7, 1978.

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Conrad & Phyllis Milster. 178 Emmerson St., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. May 9, 1978.

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Conrad & Phyllis Milster. 178 Emmerson St., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. May 9, 1978.

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Cornelius & Kathleen Walsh. 309 Vanderbilt Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. April 16, 1978.

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Cornelius & Kathleen Walsh. 309 Vanderbilt Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. April 16, 1978.

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Joseph W. Bleicher. 63 Rutland Rd., Flatbush, Brooklyn. November 19, 1978.

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Joseph W. Bleicher. 63 Rutland Rd., Flatbush, Brooklyn. November 19, 1978.

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Bill & Aida Price household. 292 Clermont Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 24, 1978.

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Bill & Aida Price household. 292 Clermont Ave., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 24, 1978.

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John & Elinore Koechley. 122 76th St., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. December 26, 1978.

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John & Elinore Koechley. 122 76th St., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. December 26, 1978.

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Joseph & Mary Merz, architects. Daughter Julie & cat. 48 Willow Place, Brooklyn. January, 1978.

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Joseph & Mary Merz, architects. Daughter Julie & cat. 48 Willow Place, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. January, 1978.

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Geoffrey & Tobi Needler. 51 Montgomery Pl., Park Slope, Brooklyn. June 24, 1978.

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Geoffrey & Tobi Needler. 51 Montgomery Pl., Park Slope, Brooklyn. June 24, 1978.

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Erskin & Eleanor Agee. 165 Argyle Rd., Flatbush, Brooklyn. October 19, 1978.

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Erskin & Eleanor Agee. 165 Argyle Rd., Flatbush, Brooklyn. October 19, 1978.

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Benjamin & Lillian Tolces. 2112 Ave. P, Flatbush, Brooklyn. August 12, 1978.

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Benjamin & Lillian Tolces. 2112 Ave. P, Flatbush, Brooklyn. August 12, 1978.

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Jerry & Elisabeth Dickason. 119 Clarkson Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn. November 4, 1978.

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Jerry & Elisabeth Dickason. 119 Clarkson Ave., Flatbush, Brooklyn. November 4, 1978.

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Jonathan & Dorothy Nelson. 897 Sterling Pl., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. May 20, 1978.

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Jonathan & Dorothy Nelson. 897 Sterling Pl., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. May 20, 1978.

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Dorothy Howard & Lisa. 579 Putnam Ave., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. April 18, 1978.

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Dorothy Howard & Lisa. 579 Putnam Ave., Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. April 18, 1978.

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Home of Ed Buxbaum. 302 State St., Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. February 25, 1978.

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Home of Ed Buxbaum. 302 State St., Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. February 25, 1978.

Photo by Dinanda Nooney/NYPL

Fred & Nana Albee family. 230 Carroll St., Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. July 7, 1978.

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Fred & Nana Albee family. 230 Carroll St., Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. July 7, 1978.

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Ernie & Lucy Bitzer. 300 Washington Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. March 31, 1978.

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Ernie & Lucy Bitzer. 300 Washington Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. March 31, 1978.

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Barbara Rothenberg. 135 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. June 9, 1978.

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Barbara Rothenberg. 135 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. June 9, 1978.

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Family of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Minter. 853 Bushwick Ave., Bushwick, Brooklyn. April 1, 1979.

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Family of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Minter. 853 Bushwick Ave., Bushwick, Brooklyn. April 1, 1979.

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Tim & Carol Sullivan. 284 Clinton Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. March 30, 1978.

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Tim & Carol Sullivan. 284 Clinton Ave., Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. March 30, 1978.

Photo by Dinanda Nooney/NYPL

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Photo by Dinanda Nooney/NYPL

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Photo by Dinanda Nooney/NYPL

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Photo by Dinanda Nooney/NYPL

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