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Metropolitan Avenue & 69th Street, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Cemeteries - Lutheran Cemetery - Queens., 1928

    Cemeteries - Lutheran Cemetery - Queens.

    1928

  • Cemeteries - Lutheran Cemetery - Queens., 1928

    Cemeteries - Lutheran Cemetery - Queens.

    1928

  • Cemeteries - Lutheran Cemetery - Queens., 1928

    Cemeteries - Lutheran Cemetery - Queens.

    1928

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Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Street, 1922–1925

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Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 69th Street

1922; 1925

Metropolitan Avenue, south side, opposite 69th Street, showing the Niederstein Hotel which was established in 1877 by Judge Gustave Schumacher, a German immigrant. Other owners who operated this hotel after 1892 but prior to the first mentioned owners were Widow Catherine Schumacher, and Mrs. Catherine Sutter. Another name for this establishment was the Grand Hotel. John Niederstein Jr. married Minnie Siebs daughter of Christopher Siebs another hotel owner. This is a set of two views. View No.1 is viewing west; No. 2 eastward. 1922 View 2: April 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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