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Corona Avenue & 54th Avenue, Queens

13 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1922–1926

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1926

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1922–1926

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1926

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1922–1926

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1926

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1922–1926

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1926

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1923–1926

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

    1923; 1926

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1923–1926

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

    1923; 1926

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1923–1926

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

    1923; 1926

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1923–1926

    Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

    1923; 1926

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - Otis Avenue, 1925–1928

    Queens: Corona Avenue - Otis Avenue

    1925; 1926; 1928

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - Otis Avenue, 1925–1928

    Queens: Corona Avenue - Otis Avenue

    1925; 1926; 1928

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - Otis Avenue, 1925–1928

    Queens: Corona Avenue - Otis Avenue

    1925; 1926; 1928

  • Queens: Corona Avenue - Otis Avenue, 1925–1928

    Queens: Corona Avenue - Otis Avenue

    1925; 1926; 1928

  • Storefronts: Jessie's Beauty Salon, Eisenstadt's Hardware: 108-49 Corona Av-Martense Av-Otis Av, Queens, 1936

    Storefronts: Jessie's Beauty Salon, Eisenstadt's Hardware: 108-49 Corona Av-Martense Av-Otis Av, Queens

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue, 1922–1926

Photo 3 of 13 at Corona Avenue & 54th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Corona Avenue - 54th Avenue

1922; 1923; 1926

Corona Avenue, west side, opposite Fifty-fourth Avenue, showing in 4 views the Shady Lake farmhouse demolished in October 1928. Some of the owners of this house were John H. Smith, 1852; and Mrs. E. A. Smith, 1850-1873. John H. Smith settled in Corona in 1837. He was married to Eliza Ann Shearwood. Part of this farm is now known as Corona Heights. 1922 Views 2 & 3: April 1923 View 4: May 1926 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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