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224th Street & 135th Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: 224th Street - 135th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 224th Street - 135th Avenue

    1927

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Queens: 224th Street - 135th Avenue, 1927

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Queens: 224th Street - 135th Avenue

1927

224th Street, east side, at 135th Avenue, showing the Foresters Home. It was the home of H. T. Mills in 1909 and part of a seven-and-a half-acre farm. P. L. Sperr March 9, 1927

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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