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Jamaica Avenue & Kew Garden Road, Queens

2 historical photos taken here between 1889 and 1922, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - Kew Garden Road, 1889

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - Kew Garden Road

    1889

  • Queens: Jamaica Avenue - Kew Garden Road, 1922

    Queens: Jamaica Avenue - Kew Garden Road

    1922

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - Kew Garden Road, 1922

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Queens: Jamaica Avenue - Kew Garden Road

1922

Jamaica Ave., north side, at its intersection with Kew Garden Road (right) and Metropolitan Ave. (left), showing in the Apex, formed by the last two mentioned streets, the Maple Grove Hotel, of which, J. Hauswitch was the proprietor in 1891. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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