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Springfield Boulevard & 73rd Avenue, Queens

8 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

    1927

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Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue, 1923

Photo 7 of 8 at Springfield Boulevard & 73rd Avenue, Queens

Queens: Springfield Boulevard - 73rd Avenue

1923

Springfield Boulevard, west side, between 73rd and 75th Aves., showing in a set of four views a dilapidated house which housed C. Backus in 1860. In 1873 it was on the N.W. corner of Granger Ave. (now gone) and Rocky Hill Road. In 1891, A. H. Richie controlled 2506 acres in this area including this house and surrounding land. January 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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