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38th Avenue & Union Street, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street, 1923

    Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street

    1923

  • Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street, 1927

    Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street

    1927

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Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street, 1927

Photo 5 of 5 at 38th Avenue & Union Street, Queens

Queens: 38th Avenue - Union Street

1927

38th Avenue, at, and adjoining the N.W. corner of Union Street. Adjoining the corner is the Macedonian African Methodist Episcopal Church. P. L. Sperr April 8, 1927

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