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138th Street & 90th Avenue, Queens

6 historical photos taken here between 1902 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue, 1902–1925

    Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue

    1902; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue, 1902–1925

    Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue

    1902; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue, 1931

    Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue

    1931

  • Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue, 1931

    Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue

    1931

  • Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue, 1931

    Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue

    1931

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Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue, 1925

Photo 2 of 6 at 138th Street & 90th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 138th Street - 90th Avenue

1925

138th Street (McCauley Ave.), east side, south of Jamaica Ave. The house seen at the left foreground, (about 175 feet south of Jamaica Ave.) is the Daumer house. C. Carli and J. McAuley were the owners in 1860 and 1873 respectively. April 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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