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139th Street & 90th Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: 139th Street - 90th Avenue, 1934

    Queens: 139th Street - 90th Avenue

    1934

  • Queens: 139th Street - 90th Avenue, 1934

    Queens: 139th Street - 90th Avenue

    1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 139th Street - 90th Avenue, 1934

Photo 1 of 2 at 139th Street & 90th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 139th Street - 90th Avenue

1934

139th Street, east side, between Jamaica and 90th Avenues, viewing south from the former. P. L. Sperr May 7, 1934

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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