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191st Street & Jamaica Avenue, Queens

3 historical photos taken here in 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 191st Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 191st Street - Jamaica Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 191st Street, 1927

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 191st Street

    1927

  • Queens: 191st Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 191st Street - Jamaica Avenue

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 191st Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1927

Photo 1 of 3 at 191st Street & Jamaica Avenue, Queens

Queens: 191st Street - Jamaica Avenue

1927

191st Street, east side, between Jamaica and Woodhull Avenues, showing the First of Hollis Methodist Episcopal Church. P. L. Sperr June 6, 1927

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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