Photograph collection, 1878-1988.

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Photograph collection, 1878-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155545360

Photographs, tintypes, and postcards of Lindenhurst homes, farmhouses, hotels, business establishments, village scenes, community events, civic, business, and government leaders, individuals, and groups, Long Island Railroad, and Lindenhurst Historical Society events, 1878-1988; and ca. fifteen family albums, 1900-1972. Of interest are photographs of the Progress Wheelmen, 1897, Thomas and Abby Wellwood, and Babe Ruth on his napping board, 1933.

8 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6882410

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Lindenhurst Historical Society (Lindenhurst, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of the Village of Lindenhurst, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155546015 Clippings, programs, copy of speech, and minutes of the Village of Lindenhurst Centennial Celebration, 1969-1970; clippings about activities in the Town of Babylon, 1956-1984; and clippings about Long Island history, Indians, sports, and the local Fire Department. From the description of Clippings collection, 1950-1...

Long Island Railroad Company.

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Commuter railroad service in Brooklyn dates to 1834 and the founding of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) during that year. Originally conceived as a means to connect Brooklyn to Boston, Massachusetts more directly, the LIRR played a significant role in the development and economic growth of Long Island's suburban communities, particularly after the railroad was directly linked to Manhattan in the 1880s. As of 2010, the LIRR is the largest and busiest commuter railroad in the United S...

Wellwood, Abby.

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Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...

Wellwood, Thomas.

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Progress Wheelmen (Lindenhurst, N.Y.)

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