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Jamaica Avenue & 150th Street, Queens

32 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1900–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1900; 1922; 1923; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1900–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1900; 1922; 1923; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1900–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1900; 1922; 1923; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1927

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1923; 1927

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1927

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1923; 1927

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1927

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1923; 1927

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street, 1931

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street

    1931

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street, 1931

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street

    1931

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Unknown

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Unknown

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Unknown

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 150th Street

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street, 1931

Photo 25 of 32 at Jamaica Avenue & 150th Street, Queens

Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 151st Street

1931

Jamaica Avenue, south side, between 151st and 152nd Streets, showing an old frame house in the center of the block, in rear of a brick building which fronts on Jamaica Avenue. The view is from 152nd Street, across a clearance. In the background is the Montgomery Ward building. P. L. Sperr July 21, 1931 Views 1,2

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