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Queens Boulevard & 53rd Street

3 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Queens: South Road - 53rd Street, 1922

    Queens: South Road - 53rd Street

    1922

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 53rd Street, 1927

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 53rd Street

    1927

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 53rd Street, 1936

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 53rd Street

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: South Road - 53rd Street, 1922

Photo 1 of 3 at Queens Boulevard & 53rd Street

Queens: South Road - 53rd Street

1922

226 (old No.), South Road, at the S.E. corner of 153rd Street, (Jacob Place), showing the Henry Hanna house, of which, Abraham Bergen was the owner in 1860. This house, which was still standing in 1929, was from 1873-1891, the residence of the first named person. 1922. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection.

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