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Lumbering on Staten Island

6 historical photos taken here in 1924, oldest first.

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  • Lumbering on Staten Island., 1924

    Lumbering on Staten Island.

    1924

  • Lumbering on Staten Island., 1924

    Lumbering on Staten Island.

    1924

  • Lumbering on Staten Island., 1924

    Lumbering on Staten Island.

    1924

  • Lumbering on Staten Island., 1924

    Lumbering on Staten Island.

    1924

  • Lumbering on Staten Island., 1924

    Lumbering on Staten Island.

    1924

  • Richmond Avenue, Eltingville, S.I., N.Y. [R.R. crossing, station, train at platform, old car stopped by tracks, "Reid's" soda-drug-ice cream store on street]

    Richmond Avenue, Eltingville, S.I., N.Y. [R.R. crossing, station, train at platform, old car stopped by tracks, "Reid's" soda-drug-ice cream store on street]

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Lumbering on Staten Island., 1924

Photo 4 of 6 at Lumbering on Staten Island

Lumbering on Staten Island.

1924

(1) Lumbering on Staten Island: A truckload of logs from the woods of Eltingville, destined for the copper smelters of Perth Amboy, N.J. Summer 1924. P. L. Sperr. (2) Loading oak at Eltingville for transhipment to the Standard Oil Co. docks in Venezuela. P. L. Sperr. (3) Near Richmond Avenue at Eltingville. P. L. Sperr. Summer 1924.

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