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13th Avenue & 34th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: 13th Avenue - 34th Street, 1923

    Queens: 13th Avenue - 34th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 13th Avenue - 34th Street, 1923

    Queens: 13th Avenue - 34th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 13th Avenue - 34th Street, 1923

    Queens: 13th Avenue - 34th Street

    1923

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Queens: 13th Avenue - 34th Street, 1923

Photo 1 of 3 at 13th Avenue & 34th Street, Queens

Queens: 13th Avenue - 34th Street

1923

(1) Thirtieth Ave., north side, west from 34th Street to Newtown Ave., showing in the center of the view the Francis Brill homestead which was still standing in 1928. This property was acquired by him from the Lawrence family in 1848 and contained some seventy-six acres. One of the descendants was still an occupant of this house in 1913. The house bore an old number. (No. 325 Grand Ave.) May 1923. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection. (2) The same, showing at the right also No. 329 Grand Ave. (old number) also occupied by a member of the Brill family. May 1923. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection. (3) The same, showing at the extreme left, another old house still standing in 1926, facing Newtown Ave. May 1923. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection.

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