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Main Street & 37th Avenue, Queens

9 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Main Street, 1922

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Main Street

    1922

  • Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue, 1935

    Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: 37th Avenue - Main Street, 1935

    Queens: 37th Avenue - Main Street

    1935

  • Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue, 1936

    Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue, 1936

    Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue, 1935

Photo 6 of 9 at Main Street & 37th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Main Street - 37th Avenue

1935

Main Street, east side, between 38th and 37th Avenues, showing the Taft Theatre, a motion picture house on Flushing's main business thoroughfare. Houses owned by T. Ellis stood here in 1873. P. L. Sperr August 24, 1935

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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