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12th Street & North 27th Avenue, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 12th Street - North 27th Avenue., 1927

    Queens: 12th Street - North 27th Avenue.

    1927

  • Queens: 12th Street - North 27th Avenue., 1931

    Queens: 12th Street - North 27th Avenue.

    1931

  • Queens: 12th Street - North 27th Avenue., 1931

    Queens: 12th Street - North 27th Avenue.

    1931

  • Queens: 27th Avenue - 12th Street, 1931–1940

    Queens: 27th Avenue - 12th Street

    1931; 1940

  • Queens: 27th Avenue - 12th Street, 1931–1940

    Queens: 27th Avenue - 12th Street

    1931; 1940

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Queens: 12th Street - North 27th Avenue., 1931

Photo 3 of 5 at 12th Street & North 27th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 12th Street - North 27th Avenue.

1931

12th Street, east side, north from 27th Avenue, showing a row of private homes of a type most fashionable at the turn of the century. The first house was owned by a member of the Blackwell family, View 2 shows the Blackwell house. P. L. Sperr March 11, 1931 Views 1,2:

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