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Bay Street & Union Place, Staten Island

10 historical photos taken here between 1924 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1924

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1924

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1924

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1924

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1924

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1924

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1930

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1930

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1930

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1930

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1930

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1930

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1930

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1930

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1930

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1930

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1930

    Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

    1930

  • Richmond: Bay Street - Cross Street, 1931

    Richmond: Bay Street - Cross Street

    1931

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Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place, 1924

Photo 1 of 10 at Bay Street & Union Place, Staten Island

Richmond: Bay Street - Union Place

1924

Bay Street, adjoining the N.W. corner of Union Place, showing the Vanderbilt House. Here Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt spent the years of his early manhood. The maps of 1907 and 1917 show the house to be on property belonging to Charles Rosenberg. 1924 Views 1, 2 and 3 P. L. Sperr

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