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Boardwalk, Queens

3 historical photos taken here in 1905, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Boardwalk - Beach 98th Street, 1905

    Queens: Boardwalk - Beach 98th Street

    1905

  • Queens: Boardwalk - Beach 97th Street, 1905

    Queens: Boardwalk - Beach 97th Street

    1905

  • Queens: Boardwalk - Beach 98th Street, 1905

    Queens: Boardwalk - Beach 98th Street

    1905

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Queens: Boardwalk - Beach 98th Street, 1905

Photo 3 of 3 at Boardwalk, Queens

Queens: Boardwalk - Beach 98th Street

1905

Rockaway Beach: Steeplechase Park, north of the Boardwalk, between Beach 101st Street and Beach 98th Streets, showing in two views the mechanical steeplechase in the Park. About 1905. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. 381 b.

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