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Jamaica Avenue & 149th Street, Queens

6 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 149th Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1922

    Queens: 149th Street - Jamaica Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street

    1923; 1924; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street

    1923; 1924; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street

    1923; 1924; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street

    1923; 1924; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street, 1932

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 149th Street

    1932

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Queens: 149th Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1922

Photo 1 of 6 at Jamaica Avenue & 149th Street, Queens

Queens: 149th Street - Jamaica Avenue

1922

149th Street, east side, between Jamaica and Archer Aves., showing the Kissam farmhouse, which does not appear in the 1931 Queens Atlas of Jamaica. If standing it would occupy lot 98, in block 1040. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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