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38th Street & 19th Avenue, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 38th Street - 19th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 38th Street - 19th Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: 38th Street - 19th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 38th Street - 19th Avenue

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 38th Street - 19th Avenue, 1927

Photo 1 of 2 at 38th Street & 19th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 38th Street - 19th Avenue

1927

38th Street, south from 19th Avenue. The lumber piles belong, in all likelihood, to the Steinway piano works which are located in back of where the photographer stood. P. L. Sperr June 3, 1927 Views 1,2

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