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View of College Point and St. John's Lutheran Church

Collection: This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs
Date: ca. 1905; 1900 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver print Dimension: 5 x 7 (glass plate negative); 4 x 5 (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Identifier: aql:12071 jfw-000130 jfw-000130.tif

Description: A view of College Point looking southwest toward the East River, taken from the rooftop of the Eagle Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 and Union Hose Company No. 1. The church steeple seen at left is that of the original St. John's Lutheran Church, located on the southwest corner of what is now 22nd Avenue and 123rd Street. That wood-frame church building was demolished in 1912 and replaced by one of brick. The building with the flat-topped mansard roof in the foreground right is John Froehlich's hotel, which was located on the northwest corner of what is now 124th Street and 21st Avenue. The flagpole seen near the center is in a small park.

Collection : aql:11775; vital:1

Creator : Jacob F. Wieners, Jr.

Date : ca. 1905; 1900

Summary/Description : A view of College Point looking southwest toward the East River, taken from the rooftop of the Eagle Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 and Union Hose Company No. 1. The church steeple seen at left is that of the original St. John's Lutheran Church, located on the southwest corner of what is now 22nd Avenue and 123rd Street. That wood-frame church building was demolished in 1912 and replaced by one of brick. The building with the flat-topped mansard roof in the foreground right is John Froehlich's hotel, which was located on the northwest corner of what is now 124th Street and 21st Avenue. The flagpole seen near the center is in a small park.

Subject : St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (College Point, New York, N.Y.); Dwellings

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : 16th Street (now 125th Street) near 4th Avenue (now 18th Avenue), College Point, NY College Point (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver print; 5 x 7 (glass plate negative); 4 x 5 (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:12071 jfw-000130 jfw-000130.tif

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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (College Point, New York, N.Y.); Dwellings
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