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North Hempstead Turnpike & 150th Street, Queens

8 historical photos taken here between 1897 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • General view - Queens - Kissena Boulevard - Castleton Avenue (Northwest corner)., 1897

    General view - Queens - Kissena Boulevard - Castleton Avenue (Northwest corner).

    1897

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923

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Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923

Photo 7 of 8 at North Hempstead Turnpike & 150th Street, Queens

Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

1923

North Hempstead Turnpike, at the N.W. corner of 150th Street (Oak Ave.), showing the T. Whitson house from 1873 to 1891. Thomas Wood was the occupant in 1896. This is a set of three views from slightly different angles. January 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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