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Army Camp [Soldier sits on top of lumber-stacked wagon pulled by mule. Warehouse-type building in background. Top floor windows resemble portholes.]

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Army Camp [Soldiers, civilians standing near tents watching 4 dogs sniffing ground.]

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Army Camp [Semi-permanent encampment. Black soldiers [young primly-dressed woman in background] reading, relaxing in front of tents. They are sitting on Adirondacks-style furniture [chairs, settees], “patios” fenced in [foreground group has most elaborate furniture]]

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Army Camp [Two black boys wrestling or playing leap frog, tents in background]

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Army Camp [Young black boy carrying lumber on wheelbarrow.]

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Army Camp [Young black boy seated next to small stove , lumber at his feet, large dog, white soldier approaching from background. One-story wooden structure in background.]

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Army Camp [Two black boys standing by well, one holding ladle. Very small boy, dressed up, hands in pockets, stands in front of a chair.]

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Army Camp [Very long shot of an encampment with distant hills, tents in background]

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Army Camp [Several tents, soldier and man in civilian dress talking at center. Blankets airing in background. Soldier leaving tent at right.]

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Three unidentified Spanish Colonial buildings [2 1/2 floor institutional buildings, flagpole, grass in foreground [color]]

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“North on 38th Street” [Street flooded [color]]

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“Groyne 17-foot of Beach 17th Street [pulled out by storm of previous day]”

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“Union Turnpike – Grand Central Parkway,” Geo Harvey, Borough President of Queens, rendering

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[Policeman cars enter underpass[Union Turnpike], shops, gas station in background, Church far in background]

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Plan of Improvement on Jamaica Bay Boulevard

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Queens Boulevard from Continental Avenue, looking east [New curb line on south sidewalk indicated. Telephone poles, tracks at left, houses with shops in shadow at right.]

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Queens Boulevard, looking west [Saplings on center islands, light traffic. Firehouse at left, church tower, blocks of apartment houses on south side.]

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[Very small 2-story and 1-story wooden houses behind picket fence. Grass in foreground, trees, appears to be rural.]

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[Unidentified – possible reservoir. Large spraying fountains. 2 1/2-story brick buildings, top windows are half-moon shape. Terrace at fountain. Automobile motors by the grounds (car is vintage circa 1920s). Woodlands, low hills in background, house with outbuildings.]

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Rendering: “Comparative sizes of Catskill Aqueduct and New York Subway Car”

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[Suburban street, trees, trimmed bushes and hedges. Partial view of two wooden houses with porches.]

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“Beach Channel Drive, west at Beach 124th Street” [Workers in sludge with hoses, cranes. Choppy water in background.]

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New York World’s Fair

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New York World’s Fair

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