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Jamaica Avenue & 187th Place, Queens

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

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Street

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Street

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1922

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Street

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Hollis Avenue - Jamaica Avenue, 1923–1932

    Queens: Hollis Avenue - Jamaica Avenue

    1923; 1925; 1932

  • Queens: Hollis Avenue - 187th Place, 1923

    Queens: Hollis Avenue - 187th Place

    1923

  • Queens: Hollis Avenue - Jamaica Avenue, 1923–1932

    Queens: Hollis Avenue - Jamaica Avenue

    1923; 1925; 1932

  • Queens: Hollis Avenue - Jamaica Avenue, 1923–1932

    Queens: Hollis Avenue - Jamaica Avenue

    1923; 1925; 1932

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1925–1929

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1925; 1929

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1925–1929

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1925; 1929

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1925–1929

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1925; 1929

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1925–1929

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

    1925; 1929

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  • Hollis Avenue & 99th Avenue, Queens (4 photos)
  • Farmers Boulevard & Henderson Avenue, Queens (5 photos)
  • 191st Street & Jamaica Avenue, Queens (3 photos)

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place, 1925–1929

Photo 16 of 16 at Jamaica Avenue & 187th Place, Queens

Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 187th Place

1925; 1929

Jamaica Ave., at the N.E. corner of One Hundredth eighty-seventh Pl., showing in a set of four views the W. J. Allen farmhouse. See other views for more data. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection Views 1&4: April 1929. Views 2&3: April 1925.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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