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63rd Avenue & 97th Street, Queens

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

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  • Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street, 1923

    Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street, 1923

    Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street, 1923

    Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street, 1923

    Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street

    1923

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street, 1923–1925

Photo 5 of 7 at 63rd Avenue & 97th Street, Queens

Queens: 63rd Avenue - 97th Street

1923; 1925

Sixty-third Avenue (foreground not shown) east of 97th Street (about 56 ft.) showing in three views the H. Vanderveer house of 1873. H.S. and H.G. Vanderveer were the owners in 1891 and 1909 respectively. It was erected by Henry Suydam Vanderveer in 1850 and remodeled and enlarged by him in 1873. J. Vanderveer was the owner in 1896. In 1923 it was John Vanderveers residence. The rear building seen in view No. 3 is 47-09 Sixty-third Drive. April 1923 Views 1 and 2 View 3: March 1925 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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