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Jamaica Avenue & 153rd Street, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street, 1910

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street

    1910

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street

    1923; 1925

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street, 1910

Photo 1 of 4 at Jamaica Avenue & 153rd Street, Queens

Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 153rd Street

1910

Jamaica Ave., north side, between 153rd Street (left, not seen) and Parsons Boulevard (right), showing across the Grace Cemetery, homes on the west side of 155th Street. This view shows the Grace Protestant Episcopal Church which was opened to worship in 1862. About 1910. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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