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Seagirt Avenue & Beach 17th Street, Queens

5 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1924, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street, 1923–1924

    Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street

    1923; 1924

  • Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street, 1923–1924

    Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street

    1923; 1924

  • Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street, 1923–1924

    Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street

    1923; 1924

  • Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street, 1924

    Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street

    1924

  • Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street, 1924

    Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street

    1924

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Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street, 1924

Photo 5 of 5 at Seagirt Avenue & Beach 17th Street, Queens

Queens: Seagirt Avenue - Beach 17th Street

1924

Seagirt Ave., north side, between Beach 17th Street and Heyson Road, showing in two views the Tackapausha Hotel located at the N.W. corner of Heyson Road and Seagirt Ave. David Roach was the owner in 1891. The present hotel was erected upon the site of D. Roach's Union Surf Hotel of 1873. Other owners were S. Metzger in 1899, and A. Hartman in 1901. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. October 1924.

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