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Sanford Avenue & 147th Street, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1924 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street, 1924

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street

    1924

  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street, 1924

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street

    1924

  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street, 1924

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street

    1924

  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street, 1927

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street, 1924

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Queens: Sanford Avenue - 147th Street

1924

Sanford Ave., south side, between 147th and 149th Streets, showing the Kirby house from 1873-1891. March 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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