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Queens: Liberty Avenue - 132nd Street
1929

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Queens: Liberty Avenue - 132nd Street

1929

Liberty Avenue, south side, west from 132nd Street (formerly Atfield Street). Also shown are (left) homes on the west side of the last mentioned Street. All buildings in this view, with the exception of the peaked roof house on Liberty Avenue, were non-existent in 1913. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection May 1929.

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