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Queens Boulevard & Van Loon Street

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  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Loon Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Loon Street

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Loon Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Loon Street

    1923; 1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Loon Street, 1923–1929

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Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Loon Street

1923; 1929

Queens Boulevard, north side, east from Van Loon Street to Broadway showing in the foreground of both views the former Association Hall (square building). It was originally the Baptist Church, erected in 1809. At that time it was a one story building. Beyond it are peaked roof houses owned by A Proctor in 1873. At the corner of the above mentioned Boulevard and Broadway is the Higgs Hotel of 1891. March 1923 View 2: May 1929 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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