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Metropolitan Avenue & 78th Street, Queens

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

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  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 78th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 78th Street

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 78th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 78th Street

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 78th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 78th Street

    1922; 1923; 1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 78th Street, 1922–1925

Photo 1 of 3 at Metropolitan Avenue & 78th Street, Queens

Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 78th Street

1922; 1923; 1925

Metropolitan Avenue, north side, west of 78th Street, showing in three views in order from fore to background the Abraham Folk blacksmith shop and house, a double two story structure, J. Schneider's Middle Village Hotel, and the M.E. Church of Newtown. October 1923 View 2:1922 View 3:February 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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