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Miller's Hotel ยท 2-03 Borden Avenue
Miller's Hotel
Miller's Hotel

Street Scenes, Long Island City.

The crowded main square at Long Island City; street car and bicyclists visible.

IMAGE DATE1898
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"The crowded main square at Long Island City; street car and bicyclists visible, 1898."

Built in 1881, and sold in 1919, Miller's Hotel (seen at center across from the ferry terminal building) was a well-known watering hole for gamblers as well as Queens and Manhattan politicians including many Tammany Hall bosses.

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