You are here

Newtown - George Debevoise House From Across Old Brook

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: February 1924; 1924-02 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:38998 ela-003900 ela-003900.TIFF

Description: George Debevoise House - View from 54th Avenue (aka Borden Avenue), across Old Brook (filled in 1937, ran to Maspeth Creek) toward the George Debevoise House (in 1852) on the west side of Old Brook School Road (aka Astoria Road, was between 58th Street and Maurice Avenue the lower part still exists as 59th Place north of Maspeth Avenue). In the late 1950’s this area was marshland with swamp rushes grown over the site of the road near 54th Ave. Photograph February 1924.

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : February 1924; 1924-02

Summary/Description : George Debevoise House - View from 54th Avenue (aka Borden Avenue), across Old Brook (filled in 1937, ran to Maspeth Creek) toward the George Debevoise House (in 1852) on the west side of Old Brook School Road (aka Astoria Road, was between 58th Street and Maurice Avenue the lower part still exists as 59th Place north of Maspeth Avenue). In the late 1950’s this area was marshland with swamp rushes grown over the site of the road near 54th Ave. Photograph February 1924.

Subject : Farmhouses; Dwellings; Rivers; Landscape photography

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : Maspeth, Queens, NY Maspeth (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:38998 ela-003900 ela-003900.TIFF

Related Items

Subject:
Farmhouses; Dwellings; Rivers; Landscape photography
Rights Notice
Public domain


Add new comment

Filtered HTML

  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <br>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.