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Grand Avenue & Washington Avenue, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - Van Loon Street, 1923

    Queens: Grand Avenue - Van Loon Street

    1923

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue, 1922–1925

Photo 3 of 5 at Grand Avenue & Washington Avenue, Queens

Queens: Grand Avenue - Washington Avenue

1922; 1923; 1925

Grand Avenue, south side, opposite Van Loon Street, showing four views of the Lawrence house of 1852. Mrs. M. Lawrence owned it in 1873, and Mrs. Stocker in 1891. View number four shows the rear of the house which looks on Fifty-third Avenue. 1922 View 2: March 1923 View 3: June 1925 View 4: ? Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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