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Long Island Expressway at its crossing of Van Dam Street, looking to the East, Queens

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Title
Long Island Expressway at its crossing of Van Dam Street, looking to the East, Queens
Names
Sperr, Percy Loomis, 1890-1964 (Photographer)
Collection

Collection of photographs of New York City, 1931-1942

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940-07-27
Library locations
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Shelf locator: AZ 02-5361
Topics
New York (N.Y.)
Streetscapes (Urban design)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: The Buckingham Wax company at 51-03 Van Dam street is the brick bldg to the right.
Content: St. Raphael's church, in the center of the photo, is still standing at the corner of Greenpoint and Hunters Point Avenues.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15457267
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9f217bb0-c60e-012f-3390-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1890: Creator Born
  • 1940: Created
  • 1964: Creator Died
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Long Island Expressway at its crossing of Van Dam Street, looking to the East, Queens" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-a164-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Long Island Expressway at its crossing of Van Dam Street, looking to the East, Queens" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-a164-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1940). Long Island Expressway at its crossing of Van Dam Street, looking to the East, Queens Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-a164-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Long Island Expressway at its crossing of Van Dam Street, looking to the East, Queens