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143rd Street & Archer Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: 143rd Street - Archer Avenue, 1932

    Queens: 143rd Street - Archer Avenue

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 143rd Street - Archer Avenue, 1932

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Queens: 143rd Street - Archer Avenue

1932

143rd Street, west side, north from Archer Avenue. Shown is a contrast between the old and the new type of houses. P. L. Sperr March 30, 1932

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