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37th Avenue & Prince Street, Queens

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

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  • Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street, 1922

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street

    1922

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street, 1922

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street

    1922

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street, 1922

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street

    1922

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street, 1922

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street

    1922

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street, 1922

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street

    1922

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street, 1922

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street

    1922

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street, 1925

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street

    1925

  • Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue, 1940-06-28

    Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue

    1940-06-28

  • Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue

    1940

  • Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: Prince Street - 37th Avenue

    1940

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Lawrence Street

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Lawrence Street

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street, 1922

Photo 6 of 13 at 37th Avenue & Prince Street, Queens

Queens: 37th Avenue - Prince Street

1922

(1) Thirty-seventh Ave. (right), south side, west of Prince Street (formerly Garden Street), showing Hamilton Hall at the S.W. corner. This building was erected in 1803 at the corner of Main and Locust Streets at a cost of $1250. It then belonged to St. George Episcopal Church. The building was converted into a sunday school in 1811. It was removed in 1860 to the present site. In 1926 its number was 133-48-50 Thirty-seventh Ave. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another view. Eugene L. Armbruster has it that this building was originally St. George's Academy and stood on church property. In 1805 it became Hamilton Hall, an independent academy, then it again reverted to the church. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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