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31st Street & 21st Avenue, Queens

13 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 21st Avenue - 31st Street, 1927–1934

    Queens: 21st Avenue - 31st Street

    1927; 1934

  • Queens: 21st Avenue - 31st Street, 1927–1934

    Queens: 21st Avenue - 31st Street

    1927; 1934

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1934

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1934

  • Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1934

    Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

    1934

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Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue, 1923

Photo 5 of 13 at 31st Street & 21st Avenue, Queens

Queens: 31st Street - 21st Avenue

1923

(1) 31st Street (right, not seen), west side, north of Twenty-first Ave., showing a rear view of the Peter Rapelje house and smoke house. The City History Club Guide gives full data on this property. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, looking northwestward. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, showing only the smoke house. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, looking northeast. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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