A 1905 map & 1920s photos unveil North Beach, a former NYC working-class amusement park along East Elmhurst's Bowery Bay. Developed in 1886 by Steinway pianos' heir, it thrived until 1921 before becoming LaGuardia Airport.
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It's National Telephone Day! This from the 1939-40 World's Fair shows visitors under a playful AT&T mural featuring a switchboard operator and people talking on phones. Photo by Bob Golby☎️
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#1939WorldsFair #oldtech
#TBT View looking south from Hallett's Point, circa 1945. Sohmer & Co. Piano factory is at center🎹 Photo: Joseph Sandor
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¡No hay necesidad de salir de la ciudad para unas vacaciones cuando vives en Queens NY! ¡Para #ArchivesVacay vamos a la única #RockawayBeach ! Postal 1925, Fotos E.L. Armbruster 1931🏖️ #ArchivesHashtagParty #QPLarchives
⚾ From the #QPLArchives : brothers Stephen and Lawrence Kappel in Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, 1949.
We hope you enjoy #MLB #OpeningDay today!
(Even though we have to wait until Friday for the #Mets . 😔🌧️)
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday
Some #Easter scenes from the past, courtesy of the #QPLArchives : Lorraine Passero dressed up with her Easter basket on #Easter Sunday in Kew Gardens Hills in March 1959, and a Queens College | The City University of New York Home Economics student melts wax in preparation for decorating eggs in April 1957. #HappyEaster !
Es #AllAmericanPetPhotoDay : esta foto de #QPLarchives de 1890 de un hombre y su perro es un #GlassPlateNegative de la James Henry Work Collection. ¡Hurra por las mascotas!
It's #NationalLibraryWorkersDay ❤️ sharing this photo of Queens Public Library of Library workers in 1967.
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#NationalLibaryWeek
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For more QPL librarian photos from 1913 to the present click here: urbanarchive.org/stories/7pfELF…
¡Hace calor ahí fuera! Esperamos que se mantenga fresco 😎 ¡Su biblioteca local quiere recordarle que beba mucha agua y esté seguro! Y para venir a vernos por un libro sobre tiempos más fríos❄️ Foto #QPLarchives en la sala de niños en Queens Public Library 1980. #LecturaVeraniega #VeranoEnQPL
From the #QPLArchives : Trinity Church of Hewlett holds a #Thanksgiving meal for U.S. servicemen during World War I, November 1917.
#TBT #HappyThanksgiving
Travel back in time to your student years & connect with your fellow alumni, featuring Queens College | The City University of New York history, 📷 of campus life and clips from interviews with retired faculty. Co-presented by QC Alumni and @dorotusa
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📷 via #QPLarchives from 4/1/68
affectionately nicknamed 'John Barleycorn.'
Photo from the Frederick J. Weber Collection #QPLarchives
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#DryJanuary
#Prohibition
#OnThisDay