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[Dirt road next to train tracks. Large houses in background at right. Telephone poles.]

REC0054_04_01_076

[Dirt road. Telephone pole has signs with arrows pointing to right: Coney Island, Brooklyn. Large wooden houses, barn.]

REC0054_04_01_077

[Paved road, telephone poles, wooden house at right.]

REC0054_04_01_078

[Railroad crossing in foreground. Car beyond it with open door (rear view).]

REC0054_04_01_079

[Dirt road, sidewalk and fences. Two-story wooden building with one-story wings, sign over door (rear view), possibly a hotel. At right billboard reads: “Lots for Sale – Forest Park Terrace – Johnensott Kellogg – …Nostrand Avenue…”]

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[Railroad tracks in foreground. Road and horses in background]

REC0054_04_01_081

[Dirt road with tracks, puddles. Two-story wooden house with stable on ground level. Wagons. Laundry hanging on line from window to telephone pole. Several other two-story wooden houses, fences]

REC0054_04_01_082

[Paved road with bare trees on sides. Sign at right: “Kew Gardens and Richmond Hall…Park and 300 Acres…minutes to Herald Square – New York Office…” Lone figure walking on path.]

REC0054_04_01_083

[Rear view of car at crossroads]

REC0054_04_01_084

[Dirt road, fence, hidden houses]

REC0054_04_01_085

[Dirt road, telephone poles]

REC0054_04_01_086

[Dirt road, telephone poles, sign: “Water your horses – Pail inside.”]

REC0054_04_01_087

[Road with trees, house in background]

REC0054_04_01_088

[Crossroads, wooden house, right wing added to rear of house, open land, woodland in background at left]

REC0054_04_01_089

[Cobblestone crossroad, wooden houses, store with canopy, milk sign at right foreground, rear view of boy, man in striped shirt in shadow, picket fence at left, two-story houses with stores]

REC0054_04_01_090

[Road, tracks, telephone poles. Sign: “This is Oakland View…Plots for sale…Interborough Estates…Montague Street, Brooklyn.”]

REC0054_04_01_091

[Railroad tracks, telephone poles. Barrel under pole in foreground with light on it, open land, house at right]

REC0054_04_02_092

South Ozone Park [Telephone pole sign at left: “Stop 190” besides tracks. Photographer’s shadow in foreground. Boy on roller skates with book under arm. Woman in veiled hat, long jacket and skirt, blurred girl and man at right. Houses in background, one Leaky Realty office]

REC0054_04_02_093

[Unpaved road, rails at left. Road goes over brook, iron fence at right.]

REC0054_04_02_094

[Close-up of unpaved road, rails at left road goes over brook, iron fence at right.]

REC0054_04_02_095

[Dirt road, fire hydrant at left, telephone poles, houses on left]

REC0054_04_02_096

[Railroad crossing in background, barriers down as horse and wagon wait. At left boy looks at camera, houses (one with canopy) with ground floor stores. At right, National Biscuit Company, billboard “Jamaica Agency” on side of house. Two well dressed men stand by doorway of office or store. Company sign and “Inn Farrell” sign on wooden canopy.]

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[Dirt road, barn far left in background]

REC0054_04_02_098

[Tracks down road. Little Neck garage – “On Sale Here – Special Packard Lubricants – Wolverine Oil Company of New York, Michelin, Gasoline – 10 cents [18 cents]”]

REC0054_04_02_099

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