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20th Avenue & 45th Street, Queens

3 historical photos taken here in 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 20th Avenue - 45th Street, 1925

    Queens: 20th Avenue - 45th Street

    1925

  • Queens: 20th Avenue - 45th Street, 1925

    Queens: 20th Avenue - 45th Street

    1925

  • Queens: 20th Avenue - 45th Street, 1925

    Queens: 20th Avenue - 45th Street

    1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 20th Avenue - 45th Street, 1925

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Queens: 20th Avenue - 45th Street

1925

20th Ave., (foreground, not constructed) between 45th Street (left), and 49th Street (right), showing prominently, from right to left, the D.S. Riker house of 1891, and the Cassebeer house (white) on the line of 45th Street. The latter belonged to B. Riker Jr., from 1860 to 1870. It was known as the Steinway Lodge in 1933. This is a set of three views. See other views for more data. March 1925. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection.

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