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Van Wyck Boulevard & 89th Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1939

    Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

    1939

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Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue, 1939

Photo 4 of 4 at Van Wyck Boulevard & 89th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Van Wyck Boulevard - 89th Avenue

1939

88-93 Van Wyck Boulevard, at N.E. corner of 89th Avenue, showing the Treo Corset Company factory. P. L. Sperr May 7, 1939

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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