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111th Street & 46th Avenue, Queens

10 historical photos taken here between 1935 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1935–1936

    Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1935–1936

    Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1935–1936

    Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1936

    Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1936

    Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park., 1936

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park.

    1936

  • Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1936

    Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park., 1936

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park.

    1936

  • Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

    1940

  • Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue, 1936

Photo 5 of 10 at 111th Street & 46th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 111th Street - 46th Avenue

1936

Flushing Meadow Park (Queens): A former golf club house, on the east side of 111th Street and 46th Avenue, which was razed for the development of this area into part of the World's Fair grounds. The Railroads Building of the Fair was later erected here. November 2, 1936 Views 1,2,3 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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