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“66th Road, (path in foreground) east from 102nd Street, showing on the Road in the background the Jarvis Jackson farmhouse just east of 108th St.” Eugene Armbruster, October, 1928. Armbruster’s photo illustrates the rapid pace of 20th century development in this part of Queens. Today, this vantage point is surrounded by high-rise apartment buildings and the Forest Hills hospital.
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Sprung Monuments, 1962. Sprung Monuments, a cemetery monument and gravestone company, was established in the mid 1920s by Bella and Isidore Sprung. In the years after the Second World War, their son, Hy opened the showroom seen here on Queens Boulevard. Today that showroom remains open, the business has expanded to locations on Long Island, and it is run by the grand children of its founders.
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99-21 67th Road
99-21 67th Road. The Foresters, apartment building, view looking N.W..
99-21 67th Road
99-21 67th Road. The Foresters, apartment building, looking S.W..
99-21 67th Road
99-21 67th Road. The Foresters, apartment building, looking S.W..
67-41 Burns Street
Warner House Apartments, general view.
67-41 Burns Street
Queens - 67-41 Burns Street - 67th Avenue
67-41 Burns Street
Warner House Apartments, general view.
67-41 Burns Street
67-41 Burns Street. Warner House Apartments, entrance detail.
Queens Boulevard and 67th Drive
Queens Boulevard Looking West: IND Queens Boulevard Line Negative documents Queens Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera set 83 feet south of center line of Boulevard, looking west. Also shows billboards and streetcar tracks.
Queens Boulevard and 67th Road
Queens Boulevard Looking West: IND Queens Boulevard Line Negative documents Queens Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera set on south curb line of eastbound roadway, looking west. Also shows housing development, signage, dump truck, streetcar tracks, and fire hydrant.
Queens Boulevard and 67th Road
Queens Boulevard Looking West: IND Queens Boulevard Line Queens Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera set on north curb line of westbound roadway, looking west. Also shows automobiles and billboards.
102-16 Queens Boulevard
102-16 and 102-22 Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Negative documents houses at 102-16 and 102-22 Queens Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera set 80 feet south of center line of Boulevard, looking south. Also shows signage.
Queens Boulevard and 67th Avenue
\[Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line] Queens Boulevard at 67th Avenue as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera set on south curb line of eastbound roadway, looking west. Also shows advertisements, automobiles, lampposts, and a street sign.
Sprague House
Newtown - Boerum House (aka Sprague House) - Forest Hills Boerum House (aka Sprague House) - NW side of White Pot Road (Yellowstone Blvd.) at about Dartmouth St., opposite Abraham Furman House. Owned by Richard Sprague Jr. 1852, 1860, then Mrs. Boerum Estate 1873 (William Boerum Had Married Sprague's daughter. Photo taken April 1923.
Sprague House
Newtown - Boerum House (aka Sprague House) - Forest Hills Boerum House (aka Sprague House) - View of the rear or north side of the house. It was yellow, and partly re-shingled, and rebuilt about 1860. Located on the west side of the White Pot Rd. (Yellowstone Blvd.) near Dartmouth St. Belonged to Richard Sprague Jr. 1852, Mrs. Boerum Estate 1873.
Sprague House
Newtown - Boerum House (aka Sprague House) - Forest Hills Boerum House (aka Sprague House) - in 1852 was the Richard Sprague Jr. House, and later was known as the Boerum House (Mrs. Boerum Estate, 1873). View of NE corner of the house, on the west side of White Pot Road (now Yellowstone Blvd.) near Dartmouth St.
98-81 Queens Boulevard
\[Trylon Theatre.]
98-81 Queens Boulevard
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Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - View of south facade (front), on the east side of White Pot Road (now Yellowstone Blvd.), just south of line of Dartmouth St. The house faced south with west end (at left) facing Yellowstone Blvd. It was the Furman House and farm from the early 1700s into the 1870s. According to Armbruster, the house was torn down by August 1925.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - Wagon lane, looking north. Photo shows the front (south) facade and the west end, which faced Yellowstone Blvd. (White Pot Road), just south of Dartmouth St. The house in left background is on the west Side of Yellowstone Blvd. near Clyde St. (is this the Boerum House near Dartmouth St.?). Furman House was later the Hiram Miller House. In 1922 the Pennsylvania Railroad owned it.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Yellowstone Boulevard - Forest Hills Yellowstone Boulevard - (formerly White Pot Road) Looking SE from the hill at Clyde St. and 67th Ave. Abraham Furman House, is in the center on the east side of Yellowstone Blvd. just south of Dartmouth St. The close up house at right was raised for garden apartments. In the far background beyond the Furman House is a row of brick residences, probably along 69th Ave. Photo taken March 1925.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - East side of Yellowstone Blvd. (White Pot Road), just south of Dartmouth St. The house faced south with end to the road, this view looks NW. Owned by John Furman (d.1726), Gabriel Furman (d.1768), Howard Furman, William Furman, Abraham Furman (1852), Furman (1860), Gabriel Furman 1873, Mrs. Miller 1891, Hiram Miller 1896, Pennsylvania Railroad 1922.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - West end of the house facing east side of Yellowstone Blvd. just south of Dartmouth St. It was the Furman family house and farm in the early 1700s and at least into 1870s. Hiram Miller owned it in 1896, and then the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1922. It was torn down by August 1925.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - View of west and south (front) facade. Located on the east side of Yellowstone Blvd., just south of Dartmouth St. John Furman owned this farm and died here in 1726, then owned by Abraham Furman 1852, Furman 1860, Gabriel Furman 1873, Mrs. Miller 1891, Hiram Miller 1896, and Pennsylvania Railroad 1922.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - Later Hiram Miller House. It was located on the east side of Yellowstone Blvd. (formerly White Pot Road), just south of line of Dartmouth St. The house was gone by August 1925. \[Armbruster said it may have been a Springsteen Homestead of the Dutch Springsteen family (this is doubtful).]
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - View looking west, showing the east end and front (south) facade, on east side of Yellowstone Blvd., just south of Dartmouth St. Crops in foreground are being watered with sprinklers.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - View looking north toward the house on the east side of Yellowstone Blvd. (White Pot Rd.), just south of Dartmouth St. It was the Furman House and farm in the early 1700s and owned by the family at least into 1870s. Hiram Miller owned it in 1896, and then the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1922. According to Armbruster it was torn down by August 1925.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - View of the front (south side) of the Abraham Furman House, located on the east side of Yellowstone Blvd. (formerly White Pot Rd.), just south of Dartmouth St. The west end (at left) faced Yellowstone Blvd. The Furman's had this farm in the early 1700s at least into 1870s. The house was torn down by August 1925.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Yellowstone Boulevard - Forest Hills Yellowstone Boulevard - looking NE along Yellowstone Blvd. from about Exeter St. The Sprague House (aka Boerum House) is on the left or west side of the road in the center (Richard Sprague Jr. 1852). To the right or east side of the road is the Abraham Furman House. \[Upper left corner of print faded]
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - East side of Yellowstone Blvd. (White Pot Road), just south of Dartmouth St. View looking west, crops in foreground are being watered with sprinklers. The Furman's had this farm in the early 1700ss and at least into the 1870s. The house was torn down between March and August 1925, according to Armbruster & Seyfried, but 1929 real estate atlas still shows it there.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - Close up of the west side (facing Yellowstone Blvd.) on the east side of Yellowstone Blvd. (White Pot Rd.), just south of Dartmouth St. It was the Furman House and farm in the early 1700s and owned by the family at least into 1870s. Hiram Miller owned it in 1896, and then the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1922. It was torn down by August 1925.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Boerum House - Forest Hills Abraham Boerum House - Located in to the rear of the Abraham Furman House (aka Hiram Miller House). View of the south and west sides, on east side of Yellowstone Blvd. (formerly White Pot Rd.) near the line of current Dartmouth St. It was owned by Abraham Boerum 1852, then Hiram Miller 1896. The house burned down in 1923.
Abraham Furman House
Newtown - Abraham Furman House - Forest Hills Abraham Furman House - East side of Yellowstone Blvd. (formerly White Pot Road), just south of Dartmouth St. The old house was shingled with half doors, faced south. This photo shows the west and south sides. Abraham Furman owned this house in 1852, then Gabriel Furman 1873, Mrs. Miller 1891, and Hiram Miller 1896. It was possibly once owned by the Dutch Springsteen family. The house was torn down between March and August 1925. Photo taken April 1923.
J. Van Dine House
Van Dine House on Queens Boulevard J. Van Dine house. hand written on back of print: J Van Dine northside Queens Bld about 250 feet west of Kelvin Street Newtown 1923
J. Van Dine House
Van Dine House on Queens Boulevard J. Van Dine house and barns. hand written on back of print: J Van Dine farmhouse + barns northside of Queens Boulevard one block west of Kelvin Street ab 1/2 mile north of Continental Ave Newtown gone J Van Dine 1860 A Vandine 1891 Newtown 1922
98-20 Queens Boulevard
Queens Boulevard. Sprung Monuments Building.
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