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Riker Rapelye-Lent House

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs
Date: March 1923; 1923-03 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi
Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:29805 ela-004790 ela-004790.tif

Description: Riker Rapelye-Lent House - (Riker House, Isaac Rapelye Jr., aka Lent, aka Smith). The house is left of center and was built ca. 1729 at Bowery Bay, and is still standing at 78-03 19th Avenue. The Riker and Lent Family Burial Grounds are in the Center; far right background is the large Riker House. The tracks of the North Beach Trolley Line of the New York & Queens County Railway are in the foreground and were abandoned in 1925. Photograph taken March 1923.

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : March 1923; 1923-03

Summary/Description : Riker Rapelye-Lent House - (Riker House, Isaac Rapelye Jr., aka Lent, aka Smith). The house is left of center and was built ca. 1729 at Bowery Bay, and is still standing at 78-03 19th Avenue. The Riker and Lent Family Burial Grounds are in the Center; far right background is the large Riker House. The tracks of the North Beach Trolley Line of the New York & Queens County Railway are in the foreground and were abandoned in 1925. Photograph taken March 1923.

Subject : Dwellings; Street-railroads; Cemeteries

Rights : Public domain

Coverage : 78-03 19th Avenue, East Elmhurst, Queens, NY

Type : Black and white photograph

Format : Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Identifier : aql:29805 ela-004790 ela-004790.tif

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Subject:
Dwellings; Street-railroads; Cemeteries
Rights Notice
Public domain


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