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Grand Avenue & 68th Street, Queens

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

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  • Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Grand Avenue (South) - 68th Street., 1924

    Queens: Grand Avenue (South) - 68th Street.

    1924

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street, 1925

    Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street

    1925

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street, 1925

    Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street

    1925

  • Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street, 1925

    Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street

    1925

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Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street, 1922–1924

Photo 4 of 8 at Grand Avenue & 68th Street, Queens

Queens: Grand Avenue - 68th Street

1922; 1924

Grand Avenue, at the N.E. corner of 68th Street (left extending north), showing in four views at the corner, the home of Judge William Burcham in 1873 which was demolished in June 1925. It is said that this house is on the site of the John Firth house of 1850. One Doyle was an occupant of the house seen in these views. View No. four shows a rear of the house viewed across the B.R.T. tracks paralleling Borden Avenue. February 1924 Views 1 and 4 Views 2&3: 1922 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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