Guide to The NYC Tax Photographs 1938-1941 Control # N-9

Identifier: aql:272

Description: NYC Tax Photographs (32 photographs, 1939-1941) contains photographs highlighting the homes of Queens, N.Y. In 1939 the city government began the process of taking pictures for every single home in the five boroughs. These photographs were to be used to appraise real property for tax purposes. The final tally was 720,000 images. The Queens Library Archives has 32 images from the collection.

Title : Guide to The NYC Tax Photographs 1938-1941 Control # N-9; NYC Tax Photographs, 1938-1941

Collection : aql:30881

Summary/Description : NYC Tax Photographs (32 photographs, 1939-1941) contains photographs highlighting the homes of Queens, N.Y. In 1939 the city government began the process of taking pictures for every single home in the five boroughs. These photographs were to be used to appraise real property for tax purposes. The final tally was 720,000 images. The Queens Library Archives has 32 images from the collection.

Coverage : Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher : Queens Borough Public Library, Publisher.

Identifier : aql:272

eadid : N-9