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15th Avenue & 149th Street, Queens

6 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street, 1922

    Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street, 1922

    Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street

    1922

  • Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street, 03-05-1932

    Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street

    03-05-1932

  • Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street, 1932

    Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street

    1932

  • Queens: 15th Avenue -- East 149th Street, 1932

    Queens: 15th Avenue -- East 149th Street

    1932

  • Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street, 1932

    Queens: 15th Avenue - 149th Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 15th Avenue -- East 149th Street, 1932

Photo 5 of 6 at 15th Avenue & 149th Street, Queens

Queens: 15th Avenue -- East 149th Street

1932

15th Avenue, north side, just east of 149th Street, showing the shack of the Whitestone Self Service Ice Company hard by the tracks of the Long Island Railroad. On the extreme right can be seen the west wing of the Whitestone railroad station and a taxi call station. P. L. Sperr March 5, 1932

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