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Photo of Woodhaven Boulevard in Woodhaven, Queens, NY, 2006

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Taken from Jamaica Avenue J/Z/M train station.  

Photo credit: DoomDan515 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

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Photo of Ludwig Baumann, a business in Jamaica, New York, 1951

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Parsons Boulevard and 88th Avenue, Queens (Photo)

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A Q111 bus entering southbound service at Parsons Boulevard and 88th Avenue, one block south of Hillside Avenue, in Jamaica, Queens.

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By Tdorante10 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Wonder Bread – Hostess Bakery in Jamaica, Queens (Photos)

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My family tells me that all of us kids got sweets whenever we went there in the 1970’s to buy bread.  Being about four years old at the time, I can’t really remember that.

I definitely do remember loving Twinkies when I was a baby.  Strangely, I also remember seeing the Wonder Bread logo on the backs of trucks when we were driving.

That factory had a long run.  It closed only in 2011, believe it or not, after being in business for 130 years.  130 years … wow.

These photos were taken by Jim Henderson (via Wikimedia Commons).

 

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