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Union Street & 29th Avenue, Queens

7 historical photos taken here between 1909 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Union Street - 29th Avenue, 1909–1928

    Queens: Union Street - 29th Avenue

    1909; 1927; 1928

  • Queens: Union Street - 29th Avenue, 1909–1928

    Queens: Union Street - 29th Avenue

    1909; 1927; 1928

  • Queens: Union Street - 29th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Union Street - 29th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Union Street - 29th Road, 1927

    Queens: Union Street - 29th Road

    1927

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - 29th Road, 1936

    Queens: Union Turnpike - 29th Road

    1936

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - 29th Road, 1936

    Queens: Union Turnpike - 29th Road

    1936

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - 29th Road, 1937

    Queens: Union Turnpike - 29th Road

    1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Union Street - 29th Road, 1927

Photo 4 of 7 at Union Street & 29th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Union Street - 29th Road

1927

Union Street, west side, at 29th Road, showing a tree nursery and greenhouses. This is one of a number of nurseries in this area, lying at Union Street and Parsons Boulevard. April 13, 1927 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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