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31st Avenue & 50th Street, Queens

2 historical photos taken here between 1931 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 31st Avenue - 50th Street, 1931

    Queens: 31st Avenue - 50th Street

    1931

  • Queens: 31st Avenue - 50th Street, 1932

    Queens: 31st Avenue - 50th Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 31st Avenue - 50th Street, 1932

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Queens: 31st Avenue - 50th Street

1932

31st Avenue, north side, at 50th Street, showing Public School No. 151. The view is north from Broadway and on the right (telephone poles) is the Old Bowery Bay Road, now 51st Street. P. L. Sperr June 23, 1932

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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