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39th Avenue & 52nd Street, Queens

9 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street, 1924–1925

    Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street

    1924; 1925

  • Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street, 1924–1925

    Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street

    1924; 1925

  • Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street, 1924

    Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street

    1924

  • Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street, 1924

    Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street

    1924

  • Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street, 1924–1925

    Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street

    1924; 1925

  • Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street, 1924–1925

    Queens: 39th Avenue - 52nd Street

    1924; 1925

  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Avenue

    1922; 1925

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Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Avenue, 1922–1925

Photo 8 of 9 at 39th Avenue & 52nd Street, Queens

Queens: 52nd Street - 39th Avenue

1922; 1925

(1) 52nd Street (foreground, formerly Dickinson Street, also Woodside Ave.), adjoining the S.W. corner of 39th Ave. (front of this house; formerly Middleburg Ave. and also Dutch Kills Road), showing a rear view of the John Morrell house, which was destroyed by fire in November 1925. It was erected in the middle of the 18th Century by John Morrell who erected a house and a smithy (forge), on the estate of his father-in-law, John Alburtus. Other owners were John Morrell 1779, John W. Morrell 1852-1860, William Morrell, and Wm. Morgenthaler of New York in 1903. 1922. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection. (2) The same, showing a more extensive view. At the extreme left is a house located at the S.E. corner of the first mentioned location, and situated in the old town of Newtown. April 1925. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection.

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