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98th Street & 23rd Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: 98th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1939

    Queens: 98th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 98th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1939

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Queens: 98th Street - 23rd Avenue

1939

98th Street, east side, between 23rd and 24th Avenues, showing the Italian Christian Church. P. L. Sperr October 18, 1939

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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