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Main Avenue & Vernon Boulevard, Queens

15 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Main Avenue - Park Row, 1922–1923

    Queens: Main Avenue - Park Row

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Park Row, 1922–1923

    Queens: Main Avenue - Park Row

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Park Row, 1922–1923

    Queens: Main Avenue - Park Row

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Park Row, 1922–1923

    Queens: Main Avenue - Park Row

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1925

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1925

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1925

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1925

  • Queens: Main Avenue - 8th Street, 1927

    Queens: Main Avenue - 8th Street

    1927

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1927–1940

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1927; 1940

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1927–1940

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1927; 1940

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1931

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1931

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1922–1934

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1922; 1934

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1922–1934

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1922; 1934

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1922–1934

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1922; 1934

  • Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1922–1934

    Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

    1922; 1934

  • Queens: Welling Court - Main Avenue

    Queens: Welling Court - Main Avenue

    Unknown

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Nearby places

  • Main Avenue & 30th Avenue, Queens (3 photos)
  • Astoria Boulevard & 8th Street, Queens (14 photos)
  • 30th Road & Vernon Boulevard, Queens (18 photos)
  • Welling Court & 30th Avenue, Queens (6 photos)
  • 27th Avenue & 8th Street, Queens (3 photos)
  • 27th Avenue & 9th Street, Queens (4 photos)
  • East River, Queens (4 photos)
  • 4th Street & 27th Avenue, Queens (20 photos)

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Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard, 1925

Photo 5 of 15 at Main Avenue & Vernon Boulevard, Queens

Queens: Main Avenue - Vernon Boulevard

1925

(1) Main Ave., adjoining the N.W. corner of Vernon Boulevard, showing the Rapelye Mansion. There is a dispute as to its identity. Eugene L. Armbruster states it is the Cornelius Rapelye house; one Van Rieper states it to be the Tavern; another, Mr. Roe S. Johnson states that this was the Trafford house and was also used as a tavern. Eugene L. Armbruster's history on this subject is that John Trafford married Grace Rapelye, sister of C. Rapelye, who erected this house in 1780. It was occupied by C. R. Trafford in 1873. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. April 1925. (2) The same, viewed eastward. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. April 1925.

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