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Queens Boulevard & 75th Road

8 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1923–1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

    1923; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1923–1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

    1923; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1923–1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

    1923; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1937–1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

    1937; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1937–1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

    1937; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1939

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

    1939

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1939

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

    1939

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1939

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road, 1937–1940

Photo 4 of 8 at Queens Boulevard & 75th Road

Queens: Queens Boulevard - 75th Road

1937; 1940

Queens Boulevard, south side, west from 75th Road, showing the thoroughfare after it was modernized. The building with the sloping roof, that looks like a church, is a fire house of the New York City Fire Department, at 75th Avenue. Shown, too, are newly-built small houses and apartment houses. View 2 shows the same area, looking east from 73rd Road. P. L. Sperr View 1: February 10, 1937 View 2: July 7, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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