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Broadway & Crescent Street, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Broadway - Crescent Street, 1923–1934

    Queens: Broadway - Crescent Street

    1923; 1934

  • Queens: Broadway - Crescent Street, 1923–1934

    Queens: Broadway - Crescent Street

    1923; 1934

  • Queens: Broadway - Crescent Street, 1923–1934

    Queens: Broadway - Crescent Street

    1923; 1934

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Queens: Broadway - Crescent Street, 1923–1934

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Queens: Broadway - Crescent Street

1923; 1934

Broadway (right) north side, east from Crescent Street (left) showing the Chambers house of 1873. J.M. Whitney was the owner in 1859. This is a set of three views. September 1934. Views 2 & 3:-May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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