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Van Wyck Boulevard & 89th Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1939

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

    1939

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Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1922–1923

Photo 2 of 4 at Van Wyck Boulevard & 89th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

1922; 1923

Van Wyck Boulevard, west side, between Eighty-ninth and Ninety-first Aves., Showing in a set of three view the S. Hasdlett house of 1860. J.H. Prentice was the owner 1873 to 1891. In 1842 Jane Such conducted a select school for girls in this house. 1922. Views 1 and 2. View 3: April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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