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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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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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

Photo 7 of 8 at 20th Road & 38th Street, Queens

Queens: 20th Road - 38th Street

1922; 1925; 1929

(1) 20th Road, south side, west from 38th Street, showing the Francis Duryea Kouwenhoven house; demolished in May 1929. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, at a later date. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. March 1925.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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