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111th Street & 51st Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1939 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue, 1939–1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue, 1939–1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue, 1939–1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue, 1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue, 1940

Photo 4 of 4 at 111th Street & 51st Avenue, Queens

Queens: 111th Street - 51st Avenue

1940

111th Street, at the N.W. corner of 51st Avenue. The parking space is for visitors to the New York World's Fair of 1939-40. Practically every empty lot in this area was converted into a parking space for the duration of the Fair. P. L. Sperr June 23, 1940

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