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Shore Boulevard & Ditmars Boulevard, Queens

13 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1925

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard, 1925

    Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard

    1925

  • Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard, 1925

    Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard

    1925

  • Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard, 1925

    Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard

    1925

  • Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard, 1922–1925

    Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard, 1922–1925

    Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard, 1925

    Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard

    1925

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard, 1922–1928

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard

    1922; 1925; 1928

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard, 1922–1928

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard

    1922; 1925; 1928

  • Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard, 1922–1928

    Queens: Shore Boulevard - Ditmars Boulevard

    1922; 1925; 1928

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  • East River Drive & East 122nd Street, Manhattan (88 photos)
  • Shore Boulevard & 21st Road, Queens (3 photos)
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Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard, 1925

Photo 5 of 13 at Shore Boulevard & Ditmars Boulevard, Queens

Queens: Ditmars Boulevard - Shore Boulevard

1925

(1) Ditmars Boulevard, north side, east of Shore Boulevard, showing an A.D. Ditmars house from 1873 to 1891. John A. Barto also resided here, so did one Mothman, a silk weaver. Judge Shipman was another resident. The house was demolished in November 1933. E. L. Ambruster Collection. 1922. (2) The same. March 1923. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection. (3) The same. April 1925. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection. (4) The same, viewed northwestward showing at the left the East River (Hell Gate) and the Hell Gate Bridge (New York Connecting Railroad Bridge). At the right partially shown is the Nesbitt (also known as Nesmith) House. April 1925. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection.

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