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71st Avenue & 79th Lane, Queens

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

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  • Queens: 71st Avenue - 79th Lane, 1923–1925

    Queens: 71st Avenue - 79th Lane

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 71st Avenue - 79th Lane, 1923–1925

    Queens: 71st Avenue - 79th Lane

    1923; 1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 71st Avenue - 79th Lane, 1923–1925

Photo 2 of 2 at 71st Avenue & 79th Lane, Queens

Queens: 71st Avenue - 79th Lane

1923; 1925

Seventy-first Avenue (formerly Haverkamp Place) north side between 79th Lane and Dry Harbor Road, showing in two views the white building, belonging to Theodore Day in 1873 and one Haverkamp in 1896. May 1923 View 2: March 1925 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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