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56th Avenue & East 56th Street, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 56th Avenue - East 56th Street., 1922–1929

    Queens: 56th Avenue - East 56th Street.

    1922; 1929

  • Queens: 56th Avenue - East 56th Street., 1922–1929

    Queens: 56th Avenue - East 56th Street.

    1922; 1929

  • Queens: 56th Avenue - East 56th Street., 1922–1929

    Queens: 56th Avenue - East 56th Street.

    1922; 1929

  • Queens: 56th Terrace - 56th Street, 1922

    Queens: 56th Terrace - 56th Street

    1922

  • General view - Queens - 56th Road - 56th Street., 1924

    General view - Queens - 56th Road - 56th Street.

    1924

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 56th Avenue - East 56th Street., 1922–1929

Photo 2 of 5 at 56th Avenue & East 56th Street, Queens

Queens: 56th Avenue - East 56th Street.

1922; 1929

Fifty-sixth Ave. (along rear of house), north side, just east of 56th Street, showing the former summer home of Gov. De Witt Clinton in a set of three views. 1922. Views 1 and 2. View 3: September 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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