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Metropolitan Avenue & 69th Avenue, Queens

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

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  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue

    1923; 1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue, 1923–1925

Photo 3 of 5 at Metropolitan Avenue & 69th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Avenue

1923; 1925

Metropolitan Avenue, at the N.E. corner of Sixty-ninth Avenue, showing in three views the home of Col. Hunt. Owners of this property and house were Thomas Hunt, 1860-73; J. Hunt, 1891; Hunt Estate, 1896; Thomas Hunt, 1909; and the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1923. One Wolfert was the occupant in 1922. The house was demolished in February 1925. View No. 3 is a side view of the house. October 1923 Views 2&3: April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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