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111th Street & 50th Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1938 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue

    1940

  • Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue, 1938

Photo 2 of 4 at 111th Street & 50th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 111th Street - 50th Avenue

1938

Flushing Meadow Park (Queens): Shown, under construction, are the Corona gates of the New York World's Fair, 1939-40, on the east side of 111th Street between 50th and 53rd Avenues. View 1 is south on 111th Street; note the two steel prows of the Marine Industry Building. May 30, 1938 Views 1,2

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