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Queens Boulevard & 55th Road

34 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1920

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1920

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1923; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1923; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1923; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1922–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1922; 1923; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1923–1925

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1923–1925

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1923–1925

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1923–1925

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1926–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1926; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1926

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1926

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1926

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1926

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1926–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1926; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1926–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1926; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

    1928

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Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road, 1928

Photo 30 of 34 at Queens Boulevard & 55th Road

Queens: Queens Boulevard - 55th Road

1928

Queens Boulevard, north side, west from 55th Rd., to Broadway showing in 4 views the destruction caused by fire to the Presbyterian Church of Newtown. See other views. Oct. 18, 1928. Views 1,2,3 and 4. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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