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Queens: 159th Street - 109th Avenue
1932
Queens: 159th Street - 109th Avenue
1932

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Photo 1 of 2 at 159th Street & 109th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 159th Street - 109th Avenue

1932

159th Street, west side, between 109th and Brinkerhoff Avenues, showing the Refuge Church of Christ. View 1 shows the north side; view 2 the south side. P. L. Sperr March 30, 1932 Views 1,2

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