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39th Drive & 52nd Street, Queens

12 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive, 1922

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive

    1922

  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive, 1922

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive

    1922

  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive, 1922

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive

    1922

  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive, 1925

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive

    1925

  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive, 1925

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive

    1925

  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive, 1925

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Drive

    1925

  • Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street, 1931

    Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street

    1931

  • Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street, 1931

    Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street

    1931

  • Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street, 1931

    Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street

    1931

  • Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street, 1931

    Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street

    1931

  • Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street, 1931

    Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street

    1931

  • Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street, 1931

    Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street

    1931

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Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street, 1931

Photo 7 of 12 at 39th Drive & 52nd Street, Queens

Queens: 39th Drive - 52nd Street

1931

39th Drive, south side, just east of 52nd Street, showing the Windmuller House. The property comprised eight acres in 1891 and was bounded by what is now 39th and 40th Avenues and 52nd and 54th Streets. P. L. Sperr November 5, 1931 Views 1,2,3

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