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59th Drive & 63rd Street, Queens

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  • Queens: 59th Drive - 63rd Street, 1924

    Queens: 59th Drive - 63rd Street

    1924

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Queens: 59th Drive - 63rd Street, 1924

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Queens: 59th Drive - 63rd Street

1924

59th Drive (along line of fence), east of 63rd Street (left not seen), showing in the background a part of the former Alden Sampson and Sons oil cloth factory. Most of it was demolished prior to 1929. Alden Sampson and Sons were owners from 1873-1896, and one Linnbergard owned it in 1924. January 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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