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Flushing Meadow Park, Queens

145 historical photos taken here between 1906 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - Astoria Boulevard, 1906–1941

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - Astoria Boulevard

    1906; 1936; 1941

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - Astoria Boulevard, 1906–1941

    Queens: Northern Boulevard - Astoria Boulevard

    1906; 1936; 1941

  • Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue, 1915

    Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue

    1915

  • Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue, 1915

    Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue

    1915

  • Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue, 1915

    Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue

    1915

  • Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue, 1915

    Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue

    1915

  • Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue, 1915

    Queens: Lawrence Street - 36th Avenue

    1915

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.], 1922–1939

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1922; 1925; 1937; 1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.], 1922–1939

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1922; 1925; 1937; 1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.], 1922–1939

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1922; 1925; 1937; 1939

  • Queens: Colonial Avenue, 1923–1928

    Queens: Colonial Avenue

    1923; 1928

  • Queens: Colonial Avenue, 1923–1928

    Queens: Colonial Avenue

    1923; 1928

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.], 1924–1928

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1924; 1925; 1928

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.], 1924–1928

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1924; 1925; 1928

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Mill Pond.], 1925–1935

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Mill Pond.]

    1925; 1935

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Mill Pond.], 1925–1935

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Mill Pond.]

    1925; 1935

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Rodman Street - North Hempstead Turnpike.], 1925

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Rodman Street - North Hempstead Turnpike.]

    1925

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Rodman Street - North Hempstead Turnpike.], 1925

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Rodman Street - North Hempstead Turnpike.]

    1925

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Rodman Street - North Hempstead Turnpike.], 1925

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Rodman Street - North Hempstead Turnpike.]

    1925

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Mill Pond.], 1925–1935

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Mill Pond.]

    1925; 1935

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Rodman Street - North Hempstead Turnpike.], 1925

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Rodman Street - North Hempstead Turnpike.]

    1925

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue, 1927–1940

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1927; 1928; 1930; 1937; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue, 1927–1940

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1927; 1928; 1930; 1937; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue, 1927–1940

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1927; 1928; 1930; 1937; 1939; 1940

  • Transportation - Railroads - Queens., 1931–1935

    Transportation - Railroads - Queens.

    1931; 1935

  • Transportation - Railroads - Queens., 1931–1935

    Transportation - Railroads - Queens.

    1931; 1935

  • Transportation - Railroads - Queens., 1931–1935

    Transportation - Railroads - Queens.

    1931; 1935

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Interboro Rapid Transit Carbarn.], 1935–1936

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Interboro Rapid Transit Carbarn.]

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: Roosevelt Avenue - St. George Road, 1935–1937

    Queens: Roosevelt Avenue - St. George Road

    1935; 1937

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Interboro Rapid Transit Carbarn.], 1935–1936

    Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Interboro Rapid Transit Carbarn.]

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Interboro Rapid Transit Carbarn.]

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - Grand Central Parkway

    1935

  • Queens: Roosevelt Avenue - St. George Road

    1935; 1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Corona Avenue

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 120th Street

    1935

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - 120th Street

    1935

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - Grand Central Parkway

    1935

  • Queens: Roosevelt Avenue - St. George Road

    1935; 1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Corona Avenue

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - Grand Central Parkway

    1935

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Corona Avenue

    1935; 1936

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Corona Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1936; 1940

  • Queens: Northern Boulevard - Astoria Boulevard

    1936-04-23

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Queens Valley Golf Club.]

    1936; 1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1936; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Queens Valley Golf Club.]

    1936; 1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Corona Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1936; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Corona Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Queens Valley Golf Club.]

    1936; 1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1937; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1937; 1938

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1937

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Fountain Lake - Grand Central Parkway.]

    1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Roosevelt Avenue

    1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1937; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1937; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [Fountain Lake - Grand Central Parkway.]

    1937

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1938

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1938; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1938

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1938; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1938; 1939

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1938; 1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1938; 1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [American Telephone and Telegraph Company Exhibit.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Brazil Building.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Buildings of foreign governments.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Industrial exhibits; Communications Building; National Cash Register Company; United States Steel Corporation.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Brazil Building.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - New York World's Fair Administration Building.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [General Motors Corporation building.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - General Motors Corporation.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [American Telephone and Telegraph Company Exhibit.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40; The World Fiesta.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Industrial exhibits; Communications Building; National Cash Register Company; United States Steel Corporation.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Perisphere and Trylon symbolizing American Democracy.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Pavilion.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Perisphere and Trylon symbolizing American Democracy.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - General Motors Corporation.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [General Motors Corporation building.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Perisphere and Trylon symbolizing American Democracy.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Brazil Building.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Perisphere and Trylon symbolizing American Democracy.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Pavilion.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Perisphere and Trylon.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Industrial exhibits; Communications Building; National Cash Register Company; United States Steel Corporation.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Perisphere and Trylon symbolizing American Democracy.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Brazil Building.]

    1939

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1939

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1939

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Alpine Avenue

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Brazil Building.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Czechoslovakian Pavilion; Romanian House; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Pavilion.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Buildings of foreign governments.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Brazil Building.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - Brazil Building.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Czechoslovakian Pavilion; Romanian House; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Pavilion.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1939; 1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Industrial exhibits.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [The New England corner at Lawrence and Rodman Streets.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [The New England corner at Lawrence and Rodman Streets.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [The New England corner at Lawrence and Rodman Streets.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Florida Building.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Buildings of foreign governments.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Florida Building.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Industrial exhibits.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair grounds.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Buildings of foreign governments.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - [New York World's Fair of 1939-40.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Florida Building.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Industrial exhibits.]

    1940

  • Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 - [Buildings of foreign governments.]

    1940

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Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Czechoslovakian Pavilion; Romanian House; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Pavilion.], 1939–1940

Photo 115 of 145 at Flushing Meadow Park, Queens

Queens: Flushing Meadow Park - New York World's Fair of 1939-40 -[Czechoslovakian Pavilion; Romanian House; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Pavilion.]

1939; 1940

Flushing Meadow Park (Queens): The flags and pavilions of foreign nations at the New York World's Fair 1939-40, seen across the Lagoon of Nations. On the left is the white-towered Romanian House; to the right of it is the building of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, with a gigantic figure of a Soviet worker holding aloft a red star atop of it; on the extreme right is the Czechoslovakian Pavilion. View 1: May 29, 1939 View 2: June 8, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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