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Cornaga Avenue & Nameoke Street, Queens

10 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1924, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1923

    Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

    1923

  • Queens: Nameoke Street - Cornaga Avenue, 1924

    Queens: Nameoke Street - Cornaga Avenue

    1924

  • Queens: Nameoke Street - Cornaga Avenue, 1924

    Queens: Nameoke Street - Cornaga Avenue

    1924

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Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street, 1922–1923

Photo 6 of 10 at Cornaga Avenue & Nameoke Street, Queens

Queens: Cornaga Avenue - Nameoke Street

1922; 1923

Cornaga Ave., north side, between Nameoke Street and Mott Ave., showing the Mott house. It was erected during the Revolutionary War period. Benjamin Birdsall Matt, born 1820 and living in 1896, was the son of John S. Matt, who at one time owned more than 1000 acres of land in this area. He died in 1828, aged 81; his wife was Ling Nicolls. Benj. B. Matt, who owned this land from 1873 to 1891, gave the right of way through his land and also several acres of land for the depot, and was instrumental in securing the money to build the railroad from Valley Stream to this place. This is a set of four views. See others for more data. 1922. View 2: 1923. Views 3 & 4: May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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