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Parsons Boulevard & 17th Road, Queens

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  • Queens: Parsons Boulevard - 17th Road, 1927

    Queens: Parsons Boulevard - 17th Road

    1927

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Queens: Parsons Boulevard - 17th Road, 1927

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Queens: Parsons Boulevard - 17th Road

1927

Parsons Boulevard, east side, between 17th Road and 17th Avenue, showing a steel water tower, measuring 60 feet high. P. L. Sperr April 13, 1927.

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