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Furmanville Avenue & 79th Place, Queens

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  • Queens: Furmanville Avenue - 79th Place, 1923

    Queens: Furmanville Avenue - 79th Place

    1923

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Queens: Furmanville Avenue - 79th Place, 1923

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Queens: Furmanville Avenue - 79th Place

1923

Furmanville Ave. (formerly Juniper Swamp Road), at the S.E. corner of 79th Place, showing the Peter Uhl house; owned by Jacob Harmon in 1909. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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