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Calamus Avenue & Ankener Avenue, Queens

18 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road, 1923–1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road, 1923–1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road, 1923–1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1923; 1924; 1929

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1923; 1924; 1929

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road, 1923–1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1923; 1924; 1929

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1924

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1924

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road, 1924

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road

    1924

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1924

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1924

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road, 1924

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road

    1924

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1924

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1924

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1924

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

    1924

  • Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road, 1924

    Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road

    1924

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Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road, 1923–1925

Photo 1 of 18 at Calamus Avenue & Ankener Avenue, Queens

Queens: Calamus Avenue - Elks Road

1923; 1925

Calamus Ave., south side, east from Elk Road to Grand Ave., showing at the left, Nos. 7481 and 7442 Calamus Ave. In the background on the east side of Grand Ave. are seen some two family frame structures. The peaked roof structure (clothing hanging on lines in back thereof) was the original Rapelje homestead and was in the hands of the Gray family from 1873 to 1909; being demolished early in 1932. This is a set of four views. In No. 4 may also be seen the steeple of St. Alberts Church and the Brooklyn Union Gas Company's tanks. May 1923. View 2: March 1923. View 3: January 1923. View 4: May 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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