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94th Street & Ditmars Boulevard, Queens

16 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1926

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1926

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1926

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1926

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1926

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925; 1926

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1925

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1925

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1926

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1926

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1926

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925; 1926

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1925

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1926

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925; 1926

  • Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1926

    Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

    1923; 1925; 1926

  • Airports - LaGuardia Field - [Queens]., 1939

    Airports - LaGuardia Field - [Queens].

    1939

  • Airports - LaGuardia Field - [Queens]., 1939

    Airports - LaGuardia Field - [Queens].

    1939

  • Airports - LaGuardia Field - [Queens]., 1939

    Airports - LaGuardia Field - [Queens].

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard, 1923–1925

Photo 5 of 16 at 94th Street & Ditmars Boulevard, Queens

Queens: 94th Street - Ditmars Boulevard

1923; 1925

94th Street (left), south from above Ditmars Boulevard, showing, on high ground, the two Rapelye houses and barns (right). In the foreground is Jackson Mill Creek and the land is part of the Rapelye farm. 94th Street is the former Old Bowery Road. Ditmars Avenue was later cut through just below the creek and Grand Central Parkway in the immediate foreground. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection View 1: 1925 Views 2,3: 1923

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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