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Jamaica Avenue & 205th Street, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street

    1922; 1925

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street, 1922–1925

Photo 3 of 4 at Jamaica Avenue & 205th Street, Queens

Queens: Jamaica Avenue - 205th Street

1922; 1925

(1) Jamaica Ave., north side, opposite 205th Street, showing the Samuel Cozine house of 1896. Bergen Brothers owned it in 1860; A.S. Bergen in 1891. One Silverman had his real estate office here in 1923. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) and (3) The same, showing the same house with the one story wing removed. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, showing it in a dilapidated state, at the N.W. corner of 199th Street and Jamaica Ave. April 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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