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National Street & 42nd Street, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Queens: National Street - 42nd Street, 1925–1935

    Queens: National Street - 42nd Street

    1925; 1935

  • Queens: National Street - 42nd Street, 1925–1935

    Queens: National Street - 42nd Street

    1925; 1935

  • Queens: National Street - 42nd Street, 1925–1935

    Queens: National Street - 42nd Street

    1925; 1935

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: National Street - 42nd Street, 1925–1935

Photo 2 of 3 at National Street & 42nd Street, Queens

Queens: National Street - 42nd Street

1925; 1935

National Street, at the N.W. corner of 42nd Street, showing the Union Evangelical Church. It was built in 1871. Charles P. Leverich donated the site and edifice providing that it remain forever undenominational and free. View 1: Eugene L. Armbruster Collection April, 1925 Views 2,3: P. L. Sperr October 2, 1935

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