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Richmond Terrace & Tysen Street, Staten Island

16 historical photos taken here between 1880 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1880

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1880

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1900

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1900

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1924–1932

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1924; 1932

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1924–1932

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1924; 1932

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1924–1932

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1924; 1932

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1925–1927

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1925; 1927

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1925–1927

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1925; 1927

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1925–1927

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1925; 1927

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1927

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1927

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1931–1938

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1931; 1937; 1938

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1931–1938

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1931; 1937; 1938

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1931–1938

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1931; 1937; 1938

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Kissel Avenue, 1932

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Kissel Avenue

    1932

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Kissel Avenue, 1932

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Kissel Avenue

    1932

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1905–1933

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1905; 1926; 1933

  • Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1905–1933

    Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

    1905; 1926; 1933

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Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street, 1927

Photo 9 of 16 at Richmond Terrace & Tysen Street, Staten Island

Richmond: Richmond Terrace - Tysen Street

1927

Richmond Terrace, south side, between Tysen Street and Kissel Avenue. The three views show the ruins of the Home for Sailors' Orphans, within, the grounds of Sailors' Snug Harbor. The actual location of the Home was on the east side of Kissel Avenue, about 175 yards north of Castleton Avenue, at the south end of the Harbor grounds. Kissel Avenue can be seen in views 2 and 3; in the background of view 1 appears the Harbor hospital. June 30, 1927 Views 1, 2, 3 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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