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70th Road & 105th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: 70th Road - 105th Street, 1927

    Queens: 70th Road - 105th Street

    1927

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Queens: 70th Road - 105th Street, 1927

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Queens: 70th Road - 105th Street

1927

70th Road, north side, at 150th Street, showing two farmhouses, before this area was developed into a modern residential neighborhood. 70th Road, here, is the former Head of the Vleigh Road. P. L. Sperr March 23, 1927

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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