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Scene on John Street

Collection: This image is from the William J. Murray Photographs Collection and is depicted in a glass plate negative, negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the William J. Murray Photographs Collection
Date: 1898 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 4 x 5 inches (glass plate negative); 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: William J. Murray Identifier: aql:10510 wjm-000074 wjm-000074.tif

Description: A view of John Street (now Grace Court) looking south to Charles Place (now 90th Road.) The building on the right with a flagpole atop a bell tower is the Continental Insurance Company. The Dutch Reformed Church on Fulton Street (now Jamaica Avenue) can be seen in the background at left. Lettering on the side of the horse-drawn cart in the street at left reads, "Grocers Seedsmen" on the side and "Jamaica, L.I." on the back.

Collection : aql:10431; vital:1

Creator : William J. Murray

Date : 1898

Summary/Description : A view of John Street (now Grace Court) looking south to Charles Place (now 90th Road.) The building on the right with a flagpole atop a bell tower is the Continental Insurance Company. The Dutch Reformed Church on Fulton Street (now Jamaica Avenue) can be seen in the background at left. Lettering on the side of the horse-drawn cart in the street at left reads, "Grocers Seedsmen" on the side and "Jamaica, L.I." on the back.

Subject : Continental Insurance Company; First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica (New York, N.Y.); Horse-drawn vehicles

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : John Street near Charles Place (now Grace Court near 90th Road), Jamaica, NY Jamaica (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 prints; 4 x 5 inches (glass plate negative); 3 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:10510 wjm-000074 wjm-000074.tif

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Subject:
Continental Insurance Company; First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica (New York, N.Y.); Horse-drawn vehicles
Rights Notice
Public domain


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