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Vleigh Place & 72nd Avenue, Queens

2 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Vleigh Place - 72nd Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Vleigh Place - 72nd Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Vleigh Place - 72nd Avenue, 1937

    Queens: Vleigh Place - 72nd Avenue

    1937

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Queens: Vleigh Place - 72nd Avenue, 1937

Photo 2 of 2 at Vleigh Place & 72nd Avenue, Queens

Queens: Vleigh Place - 72nd Avenue

1937

71-66 Vleigh Place, east side, near 72nd Avenue, showing one of the few remaining old homesteads of this area. The house and a 10-acre farm was owned by Mrs. Gotman in 1909. P. L. Sperr March 3, 1937

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