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Metropolitan Avenue & 71st Avenue, Queens

17 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1923, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

    1923

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Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue, 1922

Photo 1 of 17 at Metropolitan Avenue & 71st Avenue, Queens

Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 71st Avenue

1922

Metropolitan Avenue, (poles thereon) at the N.E. corner of Seventy-first avenue (left not constructed) showing in 4 views the A. Hegemony farmhouse of 1852. Mr. Hendrickson owned it from 1860-1873. Other owners were Charles Sterling; J.S. De Bevoise 1891; and J. De Bevoise, in 1896. John Boss was an occupant in 1922. The house was demolished in 1924. 1922 Views 1,2,3 and 4 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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