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Jamaica Avenue & 123rd Street, Queens

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 123rd Street, 1932

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 123rd Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 123rd Street, 1932

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 123rd Street

1932

Jamaica Avenue, at the S. W. corner of 123rd Street. Shown, too, is the elevated station of the B. M. T. subway. P. L. Sperr August 22, 1932

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