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31st Street & 20th Road, Queens

12 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1925, oldest first.

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

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1923; 1925

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

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1923; 1925

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

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1923; 1925

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

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road, 1922–1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road, 1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road, 1922–1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road, 1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road, 1922–1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: 20th Road - 31st Street, 1925

    Queens: 20th Road - 31st Street

    1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road, 1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road, 1922–1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

    1922; 1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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

Photo 3 of 12 at 31st Street & 20th Road, Queens

Queens: 31st Street - 20th Road

1923; 1925

(1) 31st Street, foreground, south of 20th Road (formerly Old Bowery Bay Road), showing the Peter Rapelje house from 1852-1873. March 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2 and 3) The same, viewed westward, from 31st Street and showing also homes on the west side in the background of 29th Street. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, showing the widening of 31st Street, looking north from Twenty-first Ave. (Wolcott Street). The site of the house was at the left where the steam shovel is working. May 28, 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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