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63rd Drive & Woodhaven Boulevard, Queens

2 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Woodhaven Blvd - Penelope Street, 1923

    Queens: Woodhaven Blvd - Penelope Street

    1923

  • Queens: 63rd Drive - Woodhaven Boulevard, 1928

    Queens: 63rd Drive - Woodhaven Boulevard

    1928

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Woodhaven Blvd - Penelope Street, 1923

Photo 1 of 2 at 63rd Drive & Woodhaven Boulevard, Queens

Queens: Woodhaven Blvd - Penelope Street

1923

Woodhaven Boulevard, west side north of Penelope Street, showing the Edward Tompkins house of 1852. Nicholas Hasselberger owned it in 1873. Other owners were J.J. Tompkins and J.T. Tompkins 1891 and 1896 respectively. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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