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Metropolitan Avenue & 70th Street, Queens

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

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  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street

    1922; 1925

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Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street, 1922–1923

Photo 5 of 7 at Metropolitan Avenue & 70th Street, Queens

Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 70th Street

1922; 1923

Metropolitan Avenue, at the N.E. corner of 70th Street, showing Henry Schumacher's Hotel, known as Martins Hotel in 1924, of which Martin Blaum was the proprietor. The building was sold in December 1924 to Dietrich and Son, nickel platers. This is a set of two views. In view No. 2 is seen the gate to the Old Lutheran Cemetery. 1922 View 2: October 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection (3) Another view, at a later date. P.L. Sperr July 2, 1935

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