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Shore Boulevard & 21st Avenue, Queens

17 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1923–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: 21st Avenue - Shore Boulevard, 1932

    Queens: 21st Avenue - Shore Boulevard

    1932

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Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue, 1922–1925

Photo 1 of 17 at Shore Boulevard & 21st Avenue, Queens

Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue

1922; 1925

Shore Boulevard, east side, north of 21st Ave., showing the home of Mrs. Polhemus in 1852. This is an 18th Century structure. In the rear of this house is hte Rapelje family’s burial place. the history of this farmland begins with a land grant in 1653 to Teunis Craye. In 1681 Hendrick Martense Wiltsee (a Dane) purchased it. He in turn conveyed it in 1706 to his son, Teunis Wiltsee. This house was erected by Jacob Rapelje who was born in 1714. His daughter married Abraham Polhemus; then this house acquired its name. This is a set of three views. This house is now on land belonging to the Consolidated Gas Company. 1922 View 2: June 1925. View 3: 1922. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection.

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