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48th Avenue & 111th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: 48th Avenue - 111th Street, 1940

    Queens: 48th Avenue - 111th Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 48th Avenue - 111th Street, 1940

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Queens: 48th Avenue - 111th Street

1940

48th Avenue, at the N. W. corner of 111th Street, showing a parking space for World's Fair (1939-40) visitors. P. L. Sperr June 23, 1940

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