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59th Avenue & 60th Place, Queens

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  • Queens: 59th Avenue - 60th Place, 1923

    Queens: 59th Avenue - 60th Place

    1923

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Queens: 59th Avenue - 60th Place, 1923

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Queens: 59th Avenue - 60th Place

1923

6047-6079 Fifty-ninth Ave., north side, west of 61st Street to 60th Place. No. 6047 is the house below street level at the extreme left. The two and one half story house in center of view belonged to one Hebbard. It was moved here from the old site. This is a set of two views. No. 2 is a rear view. July 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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