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Tollhouse, Jamaica, Queens

Collection: Illustrations Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: circa 1895; 1890 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 8 x 10 inches; 400 ppi
Creator: Archives at Queens Library Identifier: aql:16464 ill-vf-aql-000023 ill-vf-aql-000023.tif

Description: This tollhouse stood at the junction of current day Jamaica Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway. The tollhouse was removed in 1898 when the five boroughs became incorporated as New York City.

Collection : aql:13844; aql:18032

Creator : Archives at Queens Library

Date : circa 1895; 1890

Summary/Description : This tollhouse stood at the junction of current day Jamaica Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway. The tollhouse was removed in 1898 when the five boroughs became incorporated as New York City.

Subject : Tollhouses

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Jamaica, Queens, NY Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital image

Format : Black and white photograph; 8 x 10 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier : aql:16464 ill-vf-aql-000023 ill-vf-aql-000023.tif

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