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19th Avenue & 79th Street, Queens

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

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  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923–1929

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1923

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1927

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1927

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1927

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1927

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1927

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1927

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1927

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1927

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1927

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1927

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1932

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1932

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1932

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    1932

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    Unknown

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    Unknown

  • Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

    Unknown

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Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street, 1927

Photo 24 of 31 at 19th Avenue & 79th Street, Queens

Queens: 19th Avenue - 79th Street

1927

19th Avenue, south side, between 79th and 80th Streets, showing the colonial Riker House and a lane leading down to Bowery Bay. P. L. Sperr June 3, 1927 Views 1,2

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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