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55th Drive & 56th Street, Queens

17 historical photos taken here between 1921 and 1930, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1921–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1921; 1922; 1923; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1921–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1921; 1922; 1923; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1921–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1921; 1922; 1923; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1921–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1921; 1922; 1923; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1921–1928

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1921; 1923; 1928

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1924; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1924; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1926

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1926

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1925

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1925

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1926

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1926

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1922–1929

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1922; 1924; 1929

  • Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1925–1930

    Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

    1925; 1930

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street, 1921–1929

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Queens: 55th Drive - 56th Street

1921; 1922; 1923; 1929

55th Drive (foreground, along line of fence), north side, between 58th Street (right) and 56th Street (left), showing the Nicholas Covert house and outbuilding. Full data on other views. This is a set of four views taken on different occasions and from slightly different angles. March 1923. Views 2 & 3: 1922. View 4: September 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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