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50th Street & 25th Avenue, Queens

8 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

    1925

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Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue, 1925

Photo 5 of 8 at 50th Street & 25th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 50th Street - 25th Avenue

1925

50th Street (in line thereof) north of Twenty-fifth Avenue (in St. Michael's Cemetery, showing four views of the A. Riker farmhouse. Chas Rapelye was the owner in 1852. One Hanson was the owner from 1873 to 1891. April 1925. Views 1,2,3 and 4. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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