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20th Road & 45th Street, Queens

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  • General view - Queens - 20th Road - 45th Street., 1929

    General view - Queens - 20th Road - 45th Street.

    1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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General view - Queens - 20th Road - 45th Street., 1929

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General view - Queens - 20th Road - 45th Street.

1929

A general view northwest from 20th Road (Old Bowery Bay Road) at about 45th Street, showing in the background the Steinway property. May 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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