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Shore Boulevard & 20th Avenue, Queens

15 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1925–1927

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1925; 1927

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1925–1927

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1925; 1927

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1925–1927

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1925; 1927

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1927–1932

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1927; 1932

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1927–1932

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1927; 1932

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1927–1932

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1927; 1932

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1937

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

    1937

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Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue, 1923

Photo 2 of 15 at Shore Boulevard & 20th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Shore Boulevard - 20th Avenue

1923

Shore Boulevard, east side, south of Twentieth Ave., showing in a set of four views the homes of A. and J.S. Polhemus from different angles. All looking southward and showing the New York Connecting Railroad bridge in the background. March 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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