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Calamus Avenue & 70th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - 70th Street, 1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - 70th Street

    1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Calamus Avenue - 70th Street, 1925

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Queens: Calamus Avenue - 70th Street

1925

Calamus Ave., adjoining the N.E. Corner of 70th Street (left, not seen). Between the two houses, in the background is the steeple of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. May 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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