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Queens Boulevard & 70th Avenue

8 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1924, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1922–1923

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1923–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

    1923; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1923–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

    1923; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1923–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

    1923; 1924

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1923–1924

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

    1923; 1924

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Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue, 1922–1923

Photo 3 of 8 at Queens Boulevard & 70th Avenue

Queens: Queens Boulevard - 70th Avenue

1922; 1923

Queens Boulevard, south side (of the old Hoffman Boulevard) between Seventieth Avenue (right) and 70th Road (left), showing John H. Backus' house. The one-story shed at the extreme right of the house does not show in the 1927 Queens Atlas. John E. Backus, son of Ascan Backus was born in 1946 and join his ancestors in 1911. In 1873, he married Phoebe S. Vanderveer, daughter of Isaac W. Vanderveer and grand daughter of John R. Pitkin. The sons of this union were T. Eugene Backus and I Wyckoff Backus. See also other views for more data. 1922 Views 1 and 2 Views 3 & 4: April 1923 Eugene L. Arumbruster Collection

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