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Northern Boulevard & 147th Street, Queens

8 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 147th Street - 37th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: 147th Street - 37th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street, 1922

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street, 1922

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street, 1924

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street

    1924

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street, 1924

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street

    1924

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street, 1924

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street

    1924

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street, 1924

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street

    1924

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street, 1927

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street

    1927

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  • Northern Boulevard & Parsons Boulevard, Queens (5 photos)
  • North Hempstead Turnpike & 150th Street, Queens (8 photos)
  • 37th Avenue & Parsons Boulevard, Queens (2 photos)

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Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street, 1924

Photo 5 of 8 at Northern Boulevard & 147th Street, Queens

Queens: Northern Boulevard - 147th Street

1924

Northern Boulevard, south side, between 147th and 149th Sts., showing in a set of 4 views the R. B. Parsons house of 1873. Samuel Parsons settled in Flushing where he died in 1841. He married Mary Bowne who died here in 1839. Their son Samuel B. Parsons was born at Flushing in 1819. The Samuel S. Parsons house stood in 1839 on large grounds on Broadway Flushing. The street under construction probably is 147th St. The house faces south on Thirty-eighth Ave. March 1924. Views 1, 2, 3 and 4. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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