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73rd Avenue & 188th Street, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 188th Street, 1927–1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 188th Street

    1927; 1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 188th Street, 1927–1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 188th Street

    1927; 1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 188th Street, 1927–1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 188th Street

    1927; 1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 73rd Avenue - 188th Street, 1927–1929

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Queens: 73rd Avenue - 188th Street

1927; 1929

73rd Avenue, south side, east of 188th Street, showing an old farmhouse and farm, owned by Feldsher in 1873. The avenue is the former Black Stump Road. View 1: P. L. Sperr March 31, 1927 Views 2,3: Eugene L. Armbruster Collection April, 1929

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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