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Queens Boulevard & Van Wyck Boulevard

8 historical photos taken here between 1938 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - Queens Boulevard, 1938–1940

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - Queens Boulevard

    1938; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard, 1938

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard

    1938

  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - Queens Boulevard, 1938–1940

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - Queens Boulevard

    1938; 1940

  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - Queens Boulevard, 1938–1940

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - Queens Boulevard

    1938; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard, 1938

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard

    1938

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard, 1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard

    1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard, 1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard

    1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard, 1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard

    1940

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Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard, 1940

Photo 8 of 8 at Queens Boulevard & Van Wyck Boulevard

Queens: Queens Boulevard - Van Wyck Boulevard

1940

Queens Boulevard, east side, at Van Wyck Boulevard, showing a real estate development and a remaining hillock. P. L. Sperr August 11, 1940 Views 1,2,3

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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