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Jamaica Avenue & 120th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 120th Street, 1932

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 120th Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 120th Street, 1932

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 120th Street

1932

Jamaica Avenue, at the N.E. corner of 120th Street, showing several combination store and dwelling buildings. The B.M.T. subway "El" is on Jamaica Avenue. P. L. Sperr August 22, 1932

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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