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144th Avenue & 184th Street, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 144th Avenue - 184th Street, 1927

    Queens: 144th Avenue - 184th Street

    1927

  • Queens: 144th Avenue - 184th Street, 1927

    Queens: 144th Avenue - 184th Street

    1927

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Queens: 144th Avenue - 184th Street, 1927

Photo 1 of 2 at 144th Avenue & 184th Street, Queens

Queens: 144th Avenue - 184th Street

1927

144th Avenue, south side, at 184th Street, showing old type farm houses before the area was developed into a residential neighborhood. P. L. Sperr March 19, 1927

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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