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Broadway & Corona Avenue, Queens

26 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1920

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1920

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1920

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1920

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1920

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1920

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1920

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1920

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1928

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1928

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1928

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1928

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1928

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1928

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1927–1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1927; 1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1927–1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1927; 1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1927–1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1927; 1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1927–1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1927; 1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1927–1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1927; 1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1930

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1930

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1930

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1930

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1930

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1930

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1930

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1930

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1930

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1930

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1930

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1922; 1930

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1934–1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1934; 1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1934–1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1934; 1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1934–1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1934; 1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1935

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    Unknown

  • Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

    Unknown

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Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue, 1922–1930

Photo 13 of 26 at Broadway & Corona Avenue, Queens

Queens: Broadway - Corona Avenue

1922; 1930

Broadway, west side, north from a point south of Corona Avenue, shoving three views of an area that was demoli2 hed prior to October 1930. The two houses, from left to right, that are being razed, for the vetward extension of Corona Avenue, were the prop-rtv of A. Lawrence and J. A. Lawrence in 1873 respectively. Joseph A. Bawrence Jr., son of Joaeph A. Lawrence and Eliza D. Gorslire was born in 1845, in this house where he reaided uoiil 1896. Oppoaite tHis hoae stood the Schenck houae of 1881. The trolley car is turning into Broadway from Corona Avenue. 1922 Views 2223:arch 4, 1924. Euuoene L. Armmbruuater Collection

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