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2nd Street & 27th Avenue, Queens

12 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue, 1923–1940

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    1923; 1931; 1940

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue, 1923–1940

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    1923; 1931; 1940

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue, 1923–1940

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    1923; 1931; 1940

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue, 1923–1940

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    1923; 1931; 1940

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

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  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

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  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

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  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

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  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

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  • Queens: 27th Avenue - 2nd Street

    Queens: 27th Avenue - 2nd Street

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  • Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

    Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue, 1923–1940

Photo 3 of 12 at 2nd Street & 27th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 2nd Street - 27th Avenue

1923; 1931; 1940

2nd Street, east side, between 27th and Astoria Avenue, showing the Judge Munson House, a stone structure built in 1840 by Stephen A. Halsey. It was occupied by Captain Munson in 1866. From 1889 to 1896 the house was the Long Island City High School and later became Public School No. 9. E. L. Armbruster is authority for the above data. Views 1,2: Eugene L. Armbruster Collection 1923 View 3: George D. Chinn April, 1940 View 4: P.L.Sperr March 13, 1931

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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