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Florian Court image

Florian Court
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Edwin Sommerich residence front, "Florian Court," ca. 1905. Absent from the Queens Atlas 1901 edition, a one-and-a-half story home is listed on the 1907-08 map, at the southwest corner of Franklin and Bay View Avenues (today Dickens Street and Healy Avenue). The stucco mansion was home to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sommerich, whose travel plans appeared in the social pages of The American Hebrew in October 1921 (“in Wernersville, Pa. for two weeks”). In 1950, the Conservative Congregation Darchay Noam held its earliest meetings at Florian Court. In 1958, the Bayswater Jewish center was erected in its place.

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Rockaway Freeway and Gipson Street image

Rockaway Freeway and Gipson Street

Far Rockaway Railroad Crossing A view of a Long Island Rail Road crossing. The print is marked "Centre St."; based on the date of the photo and the numbering sequence, this is Far Rockaway, which had no "Centre Street". This may be Central Avenue (now Far Rockaway Boulevard near current Gipson Street.
McBridge Street and Far Rockaway Express image

McBridge Street and Far Rockaway Express

Hollywood Avenue Railroad Crossing A view along Hollywood Avenue (now Mc Bride Street) at the Long Island Rail Road crossing.
Grassmere Terrace and Far Rockaway Express image

Grassmere Terrace and Far Rockaway Express

Seaview Avenue Railroad Crossing A man stands next to the tree-shaded gateman's shack at left in this view of the Long Island Rail Road crossing at Seaview Avenue (now Grassmere Terrace) in Far Rockaway.
22-39 Cornaga Avenue image

22-39 Cornaga Avenue

2239 Cornega Avenue, Far Rockaway, Queens, undated (ca. August 1917).
710 Hartman Lane, Far Rockaway image

710 Hartman Lane, Far Rockaway

Text from back of the photograph: "Joint Campaign Walk-A-Thon kickoff at Gustave Hartman YM-YWHA. A group of veterans and others participating in the Joint Campaign Walk-A-Thon assembled in front of the Gustave Hartman YM-YWHA." image

Text from back of the photograph: "Joint Campaign Walk-A-Thon kickoff at Gustave Hartman YM-YWHA. A group of veterans and others participating in the Joint Campaign Walk-A-Thon assembled in front of the Gustave Hartman YM-YWHA."

From the National Jewish Welfare Board Records (I-337).
Florian Court image

Florian Court

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