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Jamaica Avenue & 215th Street, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street, 1927

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street, 1927

Photo 5 of 5 at Jamaica Avenue & 215th Street, Queens

Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 215th Street

1927

Jamaica Avenue, south side, opposite 215th Street, showing the old Thomas Collister house, a colonial dwelling. P.L. Sperr March 4, 1927

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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