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Hobart Street & 30th Avenue, Queens

14 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

    Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

    Unknown

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Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue, 1932

Photo 12 of 14 at Hobart Street & 30th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Hobart Street - 30th Avenue

1932

Hobart Street, east side, just south of 30th Avenue, viewing north toward the latter and showing an old farmhouse and farm. It was owned by the Banta Family from 1873 to 1909. Hobart Street, here, is the former Old Bowery Road which marked the boundary between the towns of Newtown and Long Island City. P. L. Sperr June 23, 1932 Views 1,2,3

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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