St. Albans, Queens
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St. Albans is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Jamaica to the northwest, Hollis to the north, Queens Village to the nort
Merrick Boulevard in St. Albans, 2007
Houses in Addisleigh Park
Welcome sign
Engine Company 275/Ladder Company 133
Lena Horne
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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theater.
St. Albans, Queens
…enclave of Addisleigh Park is a U.S. historic district where many notable African Americans have lived, including Jackie Robinson, W. E. B. Du Bois, Lena Horne, and many jazz musicians such as Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie. St. Albans is located in Queens Community District 12 and its ZIP Code…
Horne in 1946
Horne as Julie LaVerne in a mini-production of Show Boat in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), singing "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941
Horne singing "Why Was I Born?" in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)