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19th Avenue & 47th Street, Queens

6 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street

    1923; 1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street, 1923–1929

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Queens: 19th Avenue - 47th Street

1923; 1925; 1929

19th Ave., between 47th Street and Bowery Bay, (Note all area under water in views 2 and 3 is now dry land upon which streets have been constructed.) showing at the east end of the former Luyster Island the D.S. Riker house, in a set of three views. May 1923. View 2: March 1925. View 3: May 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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