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South Road & 55th Street, Queens

2 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Queens: South Road - 55th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: South Road - 55th Street

    1922; 1929

  • Queens: South Road - 55th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: South Road - 55th Street

    1922; 1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: South Road - 55th Street, 1922–1929

Photo 1 of 2 at South Road & 55th Street, Queens

Queens: South Road - 55th Street

1922; 1929

South Road, south side, at, adjoining and east of 155th Street, showing in a set of two views the Amos Denton house, raised and re-modeled. This was known as the Ab. De Bovoie house, from 1860-1891, of which Gasper Phraner was the owner at a later date. 1922. View 2: May 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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