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Sanford Avenue & Main Street, Queens

8 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1930, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street, 1922–1930

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street

    1922; 1925; 1930

  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street, 1922–1930

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street

    1922; 1925; 1930

  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street, 1922–1930

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street

    1922; 1925; 1930

  • Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street, 1922–1930

    Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street

    1922; 1925; 1930

  • Queens: Main Street - Sanford Avenue, 1927–1930

    Queens: Main Street - Sanford Avenue

    1927; 1930

  • Queens: Main Street - Sanford Avenue, 1927–1930

    Queens: Main Street - Sanford Avenue

    1927; 1930

  • Queens: Main Street - Sanford Avenue, 1927–1930

    Queens: Main Street - Sanford Avenue

    1927; 1930

  • Queens - 41-65 Main Street - Sanford Avenue

    Queens - 41-65 Main Street - Sanford Avenue

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street, 1922–1930

Photo 1 of 8 at Sanford Avenue & Main Street, Queens

Queens: Sanford Avenue - Main Street

1922; 1925; 1930

(1) Sanford Ave. (foreground), south side, just east of Main Street, showing a view of the Joseph Harris King house in 1873. It was demolished in 1932. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) (3) and (4) The same from different angles. Joseph Harris King was, in 1860, a partner in the firm of King and Ripley which owned the Bloodgood Nursery which was established in 1798 by James Bloodgood. View 2: 1922. View 3: February 1925. View 4: October 11, 1930.

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