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Hollis Avenue & 99th Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Hollis Avenue - 99th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Hollis Avenue - 99th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Hollis Avenue - 99th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Hollis Avenue - 99th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Hollis Avenue - 99th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Hollis Avenue - 99th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Hollis Avenue - Farmers Boulevard, 1925

    Queens: Hollis Avenue - Farmers Boulevard

    1925

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Queens: Hollis Avenue - 99th Avenue, 1923

Photo 1 of 4 at Hollis Avenue & 99th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Hollis Avenue - 99th Avenue

1923

Hollis Ave., east side, between Ninety-ninth Ave. (left, not shown) and One Hundredth Ave., showing in a set of two views the D. Ketchum residence located on a triangular plot of ground bounded in addition to the aforementioned streets by 193rd Street. It is now known as the Hollis Nurseries. From 1860 to 1891 the first mentioned person was the owner of this property. View No. 2 is taken from Ninety Fourth Ave., viewing S.W. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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