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Wood Frame House, before Renovation into a Police Station

Collection: This image is from the John D. Willis Lantern Slides and is depicted in a lantern slide, negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the John D. Willis Lantern Slides
Date: 1913 Material: gelatin on plate glass with applied color pigment; safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 3 1/2 x 4 inches (lantern slide); 4 x 5 inches (negative); 8 x 10 (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: John D. Willis Identifier: aql:3708 jdw-000036 jdw-000036.tif

Description: Wood frame house. Built as a farmhouse in 1860, it was converted into the 109th police precinct station house in 1914 or 1915. The police house was closed down in 1970 and sold in 1971.; printed on frame of slide: J.D. WILLIS, FLUSHING N.Y.; hand written on frame of slide: 1913. Police Station.

Collection : aql:3693; vital:1

Creator : John D. Willis

Date : 1913

Summary/Description : Wood frame house. Built as a farmhouse in 1860, it was converted into the 109th police precinct station house in 1914 or 1915. The police house was closed down in 1970 and sold in 1971.; printed on frame of slide: J.D. WILLIS, FLUSHING N.Y.; hand written on frame of slide: 1913. Police Station.

Subject : Police stations; Dwellings

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : 43 North Prince Street (now 33-70 Prince Street,) Flushing, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : lantern slide; black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin on plate glass with applied color pigment; safety film; gelatin silver prints; 3 1/2 x 4 inches (lantern slide); 4 x 5 inches (negative); 8 x 10 (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:3708 jdw-000036 jdw-000036.tif

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Subject:
Police stations; Dwellings
Rights Notice
Public domain


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