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20th Avenue & 31st Street, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 20th Avenue - 31st Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 20th Avenue - 31st Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 20th Avenue - 31st Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 20th Avenue - 31st Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 20th Avenue - 31st Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 20th Avenue - 31st Street

    1923; 1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 20th Avenue - 31st Street, 1923–1925

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Queens: 20th Avenue - 31st Street

1923; 1925

Twentieth Ave. (right, not seen), south side, west from 31st Street, showing from fore to background in a set of three views the homes of John Alsop and Peter Rapelje. Note these houses were about 300 feet south of Twentieth Ave. The house in the foreground was demolished in March 1925; the other was not standing in 1927. This is a set of three views. (Old Bowery Road). March 1923. Views 1 & 2. View 3: May 1923. E. L. Armbruster Collection.

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