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158th Street & Liberty Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: Liberty Avenue - 158th Street, 1929

    Queens: Liberty Avenue - 158th Street

    1929

  • Queens: 158th Street - Liberty Avenue, 1931

    Queens: 158th Street - Liberty Avenue

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 158th Street - Liberty Avenue, 1931

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Queens: 158th Street - Liberty Avenue

1931

158th Street, east side, between Liberty Avenue and Beaver Road, looking eastward and showing the remains of St. Monicas Convent, adjoining Prospect Cemetery, and the convent grounds. On the left is St, Monicas Roman Catholic Church. P. L. Sperr January 28, 1931

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