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Tompkins Avenue & Chestnut Avenue, Staten Island

9 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1900–1907

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

    1900; 1907

  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1924–1931

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

    1924; 1931

  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1924

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

    1924

  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1924

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

    1924

  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1924

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

    1924

  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1924–1931

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

    1924; 1931

  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1934

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

    1934

  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1934

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

    1934

  • Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue., 1937

    Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue.

    1937

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Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue, 1924–1931

Photo 2 of 9 at Tompkins Avenue & Chestnut Avenue, Staten Island

Richmond: Tompkins Avenue - Chestnut Avenue

1924; 1931

Tompkins Ave., at the S.W. corner of Chestnut Ave., showing the Garibaldi Memorial. The house in which Giuseppe Garibaldi lived with his friend Meucci from 1851 to 1853 stands inside the memorial. A bust of the great Italian patriot is also shown. 1924. P. L. Sperr. (2) A rear view, at a later date. January 18, 1931 P.L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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