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69th Place & Calamus Avenue, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 69th Place - Calamus Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 69th Place - Calamus Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: 69th Place - Calamus Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 69th Place - Calamus Avenue

    1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 69th Place - Calamus Avenue, 1925

Photo 2 of 2 at 69th Place & Calamus Avenue, Queens

Queens: 69th Place - Calamus Avenue

1925

(1) 69th Place (right, beyond body of water), south from Calamus Ave., showing the Sedgewick House (tower thereon), said to have been built in the 1870's. It was still standing in 1934. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, viewed southeastward across fields from point just south of Calamus Ave. and west of 69th Place, showing the undeveloped condition of 69th Place (along line of fence). April 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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