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29th Street & 40th Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here in 1932, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 29th Street - 40th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: 29th Street - 40th Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: 29th Street - 40th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: 29th Street - 40th Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - 29th Street, 1932

    Queens: 40th Avenue - 29th Street

    1932

  • Queens: 29th Street - 40th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: 29th Street - 40th Avenue

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 29th Street - 40th Avenue, 1932

Photo 2 of 4 at 29th Street & 40th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 29th Street - 40th Avenue

1932

29th Street, east side, between 40th Avenue and 40th Road, showing the First Reformed Church of Long Island City. It is an old frame structure with a newly-added brick front. The parsonage appears in view 2. P. L. Sperr View 1: March 23, 1932 View 2: September 5, 1940

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