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Broadway & 51st Avenue, Queens

22 historical photos taken here between 1812 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1812

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1812

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1923-05

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1923-05

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1923-05

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1923-05

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1924–1927

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1924; 1927

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1924–1927

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1924; 1927

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1924–1927

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1924; 1927

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1925–1941

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1925; 1935; 1941

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1925–1941

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1925; 1935; 1941

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1925–1941

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1925; 1935; 1941

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1935

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - Broadway, 1935

    Queens: 51st Avenue - Broadway

    1935

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    Unknown

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    Unknown

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Queens: 51st Avenue - Broadway, 1935

Photo 20 of 22 at Broadway & 51st Avenue, Queens

Queens: 51st Avenue - Broadway

1935

51st Avenue, east from and across Broadway. The fashionable house, on the left, was owned by one Douglas in 1891. P. L. Sperr July 2, 1935

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