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73rd Avenue & 179th Street, Queens

26 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922; 1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922; 1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922; 1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922–1927

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922; 1927

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922; 1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922–1927

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922; 1927

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1922

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1926

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1926

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1926

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1926

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1926

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1926

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1926

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1926

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1926

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1926

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1927

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1927

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1927

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1927

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1929

  • Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1929

    Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

    1929

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Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street, 1927

Photo 22 of 26 at 73rd Avenue & 179th Street, Queens

Queens: 73rd Avenue - 179th Street

1927

73rd Avenue, north side, at 179th Street, showing the old Brinkerhoff Homestead, built about 1700. Later it was known as the Skidmore house and also the J. Diehl house. The latter owned it in 1873. In 1891-1909 it was on the 38-acre farm of Schleider. P. L. Sperr Views 1,2: March 31, 1927

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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