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Broadway & 75th Street, Queens

2 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Rodman Street - 58th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Rodman Street - 58th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 75th Street, 1939

    Queens: Broadway - 75th Street

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Broadway - 75th Street, 1939

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Queens: Broadway - 75th Street

1939

Broadway, at the S.E. corner of 75th Street, showing the entrance to the Independent Subway station and the plot where a new taxpayer will be erected. The apartment house is at 76th Street. P. L. Sperr October 15, 1939

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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