Newtown - Burroughs Family Cemetery - Elmhurst
Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: 1923
Material: Black and white photograph Dimension:
4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster
Identifier: aql:25630 ela-004147 ela-004147.tif
Description: Burroughs Family Cemetery - north side of Alstyne Ave. east of 94th St. close up view along the line of headstones. There were 16 stones ranging from 1793 to 1812 and one stone dated 1871. The city sold the cemetery in 1954 and then withdrew the sale. By the 1980's no stones stood and the cemetery was a weed strewn lot between a filling station and auto body repair shop.
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
1923
Summary/Description :
Burroughs Family Cemetery - north side of Alstyne Ave. east of 94th St. close up view along the line of headstones. There were 16 stones ranging from 1793 to 1812 and one stone dated 1871. The city sold the cemetery in 1954 and then withdrew the sale. By the 1980's no stones stood and the cemetery was a weed strewn lot between a filling station and auto body repair shop.
Subject :
Cemeteries
Rights :
Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Elmhurst, Queens, NY Elmhurst (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.)
Type :
Black and white photograph
Format :
Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Identifier :
aql:25630 ela-004147 ela-004147.tif
Subject:
Cemeteries
Cemeteries
Rights Notice
Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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