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20th Road & 38th Street, Queens

8 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 20th Road - 37th Avenue, 1920

    Queens: 20th Road - 37th Avenue

    1920

  • Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 37th Street - 20th Road, 1929

    Queens: 37th Street - 20th Road

    1929

  • Queens: 20th Road - 37th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 20th Road - 37th Street

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 20th Road - 37th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 20th Road - 37th Street

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street

    1922; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street

    1922; 1925; 1929

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Queens: 20th Road - 37th Street, 1923–1929

Photo 5 of 8 at 20th Road & 38th Street, Queens

Queens: 20th Road - 37th Street

1923; 1925; 1929

(1) 20th Road (0ld Bowery Bay Road), east from 37th Street, showing in the foreground the Francis Duryea Kouwenhoven house, which was demolished in May 1929. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing also a three story frame house at the N.E. Corner of 20th Road and 38th Street. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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