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Corona Avenue & 111th Street, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1936 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 111th Street - Corona Avenue, 1936

    Queens: 111th Street - Corona Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 111th Street, 1938

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 111th Street

    1938

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 111th Street, 1940

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 111th Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Corona Avenue - 111th Street, 1940

Photo 3 of 3 at Corona Avenue & 111th Street, Queens

Queens: Corona Avenue - 111th Street

1940

Corona Avenue, east side, at 111th Street, showing a diner which has been especially erected here to serve the visitors to the New York World's Fair of 1939-40. June 23, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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