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Springfield Boulevard & Hillside Avenue, Queens

9 historical photos taken here in 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1927

Photo 3 of 9 at Springfield Boulevard & Hillside Avenue, Queens

Queens: Springfield Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

1927

Springfield Boulevard, west side, at Hillside Avenue, showing the forest being cleared for a real estate development known as "Jamaica-Hillside." P. L. Sperr March 4, 1927 Views 1,2,3

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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