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Douglaston Parkway & 42nd Avenue, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Street, 1931

    Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Street

    1931

  • Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue, 1931

    Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue

    1931

  • Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue, 1939

    Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue

    1939

  • Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue, 1939

    Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue, 1931

Photo 3 of 5 at Douglaston Parkway & 42nd Avenue, Queens

Queens: Douglaston Parkway - 42nd Avenue

1931

Douglaston Parkway, east side, from 42nd to 43rd Avenues, showing a rear of Public School No. 98. Board of Education of the City of New York about 1931

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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