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Elder Avenue & Main Street, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1936, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Elder Avenue - west from Main Street., 1936

    Queens: Elder Avenue - west from Main Street.

    1936

  • Queens: Elder Avenue - Main Street, 1936

    Queens: Elder Avenue - Main Street

    1936

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Queens: Elder Avenue - Main Street, 1936

Photo 2 of 2 at Elder Avenue & Main Street, Queens

Queens: Elder Avenue - Main Street

1936

Elder Avenue (telephone poles), west from near Main Street, Flushing. P. L. Sperr April 19, 1936

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