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Military records collection, 1884-1937.

Title: Military records collection, 1884-1937.

Records of the Grand Army of the Republic, Adam Wirth Post, No. 451 in College Point encompass financial records, notice of elections, correspondence, membership certificates, and records of wounded soldiers; booklets describing Memorial Day exercises sponsored by American Legion, Oscar Ammam Post, No. 853 in College Point; list of College Point men in military service, providing their home address and branch of service, 1920; photographs of unidentified Civil War veterans taken by Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. ca. 1890.

ArchivalResource: 1 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155477267 View

Photographs, 1862-1973.

Title: Photographs, 1862-1973.

Black and white photographs, and color slides focusing on historic and contemporary houses and churches in Queens, with a concentration on Astoria, Flushing, Jamaica, and Whitestone. Reproductions of black and white photographs of individuals which emphasize their clothing, 1862-1886. Photographs of historic houses in Queens; of school classes, 1928-1934; and of move of Kingsland House from one area in Flushing to another, 1968. Photographs by Richard Blazej depict scenes and events including an Indian medicine show, Whitestone, Queens, gargoyles on buildings in Manhattan, and village scenes in France and Germany, 1919-1972. Other photographs taken by Jacob F. Wieners, Jr., illustrate scenes of College Point. Included are photographs of group scenes of firemen, parades, band concerts, historic houses, a church, and ships. Photographs taken by Blazej and Wieners are identified. Also photographs with accompanying description and analysis, prepared by Robert Friedrich, of the following historic houses in Queens: Cornwall-Fogarty Homestead, Johannes Sprong House, Schermerhorn Mansion, Flushing Institute, and Quaker Meeting House, 1956-1957; and an album of albumen prints of unidentified individuals, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 2.4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155464212 View

Bastow, H. Denton. Photographic prints collection, [ca. 1880]-1985.

Title: Photographic prints collection, [ca. 1880]-1985.

Prints made from glass and film negatives of collections housed at Queens Borough Public Library of the following photographers: Bastow, Burt, Chapman, Costello, Fullerton, Greene, Murray, Newell, Wieners, Winans, and Work. There are no negatives for the work of other photographers represented in this collection. Photographs depict numerous scenes in Queens, Kings, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. Some of the subject categories are agriculture, architecture, aviation, bridges, Indians, industry, mills, parks, sports, and transportation. Photographs are identified.

ArchivalResource: 30 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155477409 View