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Collins Place & 35th Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: Collins Place - 35th Avenue, 1939

    Queens: Collins Place - 35th Avenue

    1939

  • Queens: Collins Place - 35th Avenue, 1939

    Queens: Collins Place - 35th Avenue

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Collins Place - 35th Avenue, 1939

Photo 1 of 2 at Collins Place & 35th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Collins Place - 35th Avenue

1939

Collins Place (right), at the S.E. corner of 35th Avenue. This property was owned by Charlotte G. Prince in 1873 and 1891, but the old house does not appear on maps of the above years. It first appears on a 1909 atlas. View 2 shows the other side of the house. P. L. Sperr May 27, 1939 Views 1,2.

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