Newtown - Capt. Luke Remsen House - Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: 1922
Material: Black and white photograph Dimension:
4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster
Identifier: aql:25724 ela-004212 ela-004212.tif
Description: Capt. Luke Remsen House - Later owned by Ascan Backus around 1850. Western side of the isolated house on the meadows on the south side of the current 65th Road and east of 112th St. (now park land at Grand Central Parkway in Flushing Meadows). Sole access was by wagon track from Colonial Ave. and 62nd Drive, seven blocks away (see 1852 Dripps Map, 1859 Walling Map and 1873 Beers Map). [Note: barrels for produce and large willow tree, small child in lower left corner, horse in lower right corner.]
Creator :
Eugene L. Armbruster
Date :
1922
Summary/Description :
Capt. Luke Remsen House - Later owned by Ascan Backus around 1850. Western side of the isolated house on the meadows on the south side of the current 65th Road and east of 112th St. (now park land at Grand Central Parkway in Flushing Meadows). Sole access was by wagon track from Colonial Ave. and 62nd Drive, seven blocks away (see 1852 Dripps Map, 1859 Walling Map and 1873 Beers Map). [Note: barrels for produce and large willow tree, small child in lower left corner, horse in lower right corner.]
Subject :
Dwellings
Rights :
Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (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:25724 ela-004212 ela-004212.tif
Subject:
Dwellings
Dwellings
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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