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Vleigh Place & 76th Road, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1937, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Vleigh Place - 76th Road, 1937

    Queens: Vleigh Place - 76th Road

    1937

  • Queens: Vleigh Place - 76th Road, 1937

    Queens: Vleigh Place - 76th Road

    1937

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Queens: Vleigh Place - 76th Road, 1937

Photo 2 of 2 at Vleigh Place & 76th Road, Queens

Queens: Vleigh Place - 76th Road

1937

Vleigh Place, north from 76th from 76th Road, showing the area before it became a residential neighborhood. In the background, at what is now (1941) the junction of Vleigh Place and Main Street, is an old farmhouse, the property of J. Broeder in 1891 and 1909. Numerous private homes were later erected here and the farmhouse razed. View 2 shows a closeup of the house. This spot later became the intersection of Vleigh and Main. March 3, 1937. Views 1,2.

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