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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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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue, 1923–1929

Photo 7 of 18 at Calamus Avenue & Ankener Avenue, Queens

Queens: Calamus Avenue - Ankener Avenue

1923; 1924; 1929

Calamus Ave., west from Ankener Ave., showing in the foreground the Rapelje farmhouse and outbuildings. Note the winding turns of Calamus Ave. In the background is the elevated structure, at about 47th Street, of the New York Connecting Railroad. This is a set of three views. January 1923. View 2: January 1924. View 3: September 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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