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Jamaica Avenue & 168th Street, Queens

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

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1923

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 168th Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 168th Street - Jamaica Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1923

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1923

  • Queens: 169th Street - 93rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 169th Street - 93rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 168th Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 168th Street - Jamaica Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 169th Street - 93rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 169th Street - 93rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1923

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1923

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1923

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1923

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1923

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1923

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1924–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1924; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1924–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1924; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1929

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1929

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1931

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

    1931

  • Queens: 168th Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1931

    Queens: 168th Street - Jamaica Avenue

    1931

  • Queens: 168th Street - Jamaica Avenue, 1932

    Queens: 168th Street - Jamaica Avenue

    1932

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street, 1922

Photo 1 of 16 at Jamaica Avenue & 168th Street, Queens

Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 168th Street

1922

Jamaica Ave., (tracks thereon), at the northeast corner of 168th St., showing according to T.F. Archer, Caleb Weeks Tavern, also known as the John Plemming house. John Plemming came from Ireland to Jamaica in 1856. After serving in the Civil War, he became Distract Attorney for Queens County in 1883. At a latter date he was made a judge of the Special Sessions Court. 1922 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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