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Sanford Avenue & Bowne Street, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - Bowne Street, 1922

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - Bowne Street

    1922

  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - Bowne Street, 1924

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - Bowne Street

    1924

  • Queens: Bowne Street - Sanford Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Bowne Street - Sanford Avenue

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Sanford Avenue - Bowne Street, 1922

Photo 1 of 3 at Sanford Avenue & Bowne Street, Queens

Queens: Sanford Avenue - Bowne Street

1922

213 Sanford Avenue, at the S.W. corner of Bowne Street, showing the Walker house. George, John, and Mary Walker were the owners about 1873. Another owner was Jos. Dykes. 1922 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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