Photographic files, 1901-1940.

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Photographic files, 1901-1940.

Black and white photographs depicting street facades, highways, streets, and sites in Queens which were taken to support the need for public improvement or as documentation for mapping purposes. Photographs provide a pictorial history of Queens' physical development and illustrate many old buildings destroyed for subway, highway, and other construction.

20 cubic ft.

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Queens (New York, N.Y.). Topographical Bureau

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Monuments are points used to establish the horizontal control in surveying areas. From the description of Eighty foot monument sheets, [ca. 1910-1911]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155479977 Legal files concerned with transfer of private property to New York City. From the description of Title drawers, 1903-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155480889 Bench marks are points used to establish vertical control in surveying areas. From the d...