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75th Street & Roosevelt Avenue, Queens

2 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 75th Street - Roosevelt Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 75th Street - Roosevelt Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Broadway - 74th Street, 1939

    Queens: Broadway - 74th Street

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 75th Street - Roosevelt Avenue, 1923

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Queens: 75th Street - Roosevelt Avenue

1923

75th Street, north from Roosevelt Avenue. The structure seen at the right under construction is P.S. 69. This view is taken from the B.M.T., I.R.T. Elevated lines at the Broadway station. March 1923 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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