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54th Street & Skillman Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: 54th Street - Skillman Avenue, 1931

    Queens: 54th Street - Skillman Avenue

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 54th Street - Skillman Avenue, 1931

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Queens: 54th Street - Skillman Avenue

1931

54th Street, north from Skillman Avenue, showing the street being extended toward Woodside Avenue. P. L. Sperr November 5, 1931

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