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76th Street & 20th Avenue, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 19th Road - 76th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 19th Road - 76th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 19th Road - 76th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: 19th Road - 76th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 76th Street - 20th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 76th Street - 20th Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: 76th Street - 20th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 76th Street - 20th Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: 76th Street - 20th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 76th Street - 20th Avenue

    1927

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Queens: 19th Road - 76th Street, 1923–1925

Photo 1 of 5 at 76th Street & 20th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 19th Road - 76th Street

1923; 1925

19th Road, south side, in the 76th Street, line (19th Rd. was Bowery Road and it is located in front of house seen in both views). These two views show the farmlands, house and outbuildings which belonged to Dan'l Rapelye in 1852. View No. 1 also shows Bowery Road in the foreground, extending north and eastward. The large barn is at the N.W. corner of Twentieth Avenue and 76th Street. See other views fore more data. March 1925 View 2: May 1923 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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