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Jamaica Avenue & 126th Street, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street, 1900

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street

    1900

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street, 1922–1923

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: 126th Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 126th Street - Jamaica Avenue

    1925

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street, 1922–1923

Photo 4 of 5 at Jamaica Avenue & 126th Street, Queens

Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 126th Street

1922; 1923

(1) Jamaica Ave. (right foreground not shown), at the N.E. corner of 126th Street, showing the former home of Capt. W.A. Lighthall. This place was operated as a hotel by P. Opper in 1891. In 1922 it was known the Jamaica Saewgerbund Hotel operated by Mrs. Kaesebart. It was demolished in March 1926. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another angle. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same snowing another view of the same house. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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