Nassau County, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1940
Nassau County, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1940

Author: Bette S. Weidman

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780486241364

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175 vintage photos recall aspects of life on Long Island from post-Civil War to modern era. Village life, agriculture, local industries, celebrities, early aviation and movie industries, fabulous estates, beaches, much more. Unique document of early Nassau and pioneer photography. Full informative captions. Introduction. Indices.

Garden City, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1919
Garden City, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1919

Author: Mildred H. Smith

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1998-10-28

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0486406695

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Handsome treasury of 118 vintage pictures, accompanied by captions, document the Garden City Hotel fire (1899), the Vanderbilt Cup Race (1908), the first airmail flight departing from the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome (1911), more.

Old Queens, N.Y., in Early Photographs
Old Queens, N.Y., in Early Photographs

Author: Vincent F. Seyfried

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0486136019

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Recalls "good old days" in Maspeth, Jamaica, Astoria, Jackson Heights, other areas: DeWitt Clinton mansion, hotel where Washington slept (1790), plus recent landmarks — Astoria Studios, 1939 World's Fair, more. 261 prints.

Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865-1929
Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865-1929

Author: William Lee Younger

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-06-22

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 0486141691

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157 photographs, many never before reprinted, show the vitality and variety of old Brooklyn: waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Street, Brooklyn Heights, Ebbets Field, Luna Park, Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach Hotel, more.

AIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island
AIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island

Author: American Institute of Architects

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780486269467

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The most comprehensive, well-researched and generously illustrated volume of its kind on the subject, bringing over three centuries of Long Island’s great architectural heritage to life. Over 240 photographs, complete with authoritative, extensively detailed captions, present a wide range of structures—from simple lean-tos to distinguished contemporary buildings by such architects as Marcel Breuer, Frank Lloyd Wright, David L. Finci and others.

Hidden History of Long Island
Hidden History of Long Island

Author: Richard Panchyk

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1467136271

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"Long Island's history is filled with fascinating firsts, magnificent mansions and fascinating characters. From Glenn Curtiss, the first pilot to fly a plane on the island, to Earle Ovington, who carried the country's first airmail, the area has been known as the cradle of aviation. Millionaire William K. Vanderbilt's Long Island Motor Parkway, remnants of which still remain, was the nation's first highway. The desolate ruins of an exiled Albanian king's estate lie in the midst of the woods of the Muttontown Preserve. Captain William Kidd, pirate chaser turned pirate, is rumored to have buried treasure on the island. Richard Panchyk reveals the rapidly vanishing traces of Long Island's intriguing history"--Publisher description.

Historic Amusement Parks of Long Island
Historic Amusement Parks of Long Island

Author: Marisa L. Berman

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-06-29

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1625849818

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When Long Island became a suburban paradise after World War II, ambitious entrepreneurs created dozens of amusement parks to help families unwind. The Nunley family built a park in Baldwin in 1939, and it was so successful that they opened Nunley's Happyland in Bethpage just a few years later. Westbury's Spaceland fascinated youngsters with dreams of becoming astronauts, and Frontier City in Amityville was heaven on earth to fans of the Wild West. Today, historic parks like Deno's Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island and Adventureland in Farmingdale still delight children and remind parents of happy memories of their own. Local author Marisa Berman explores the decades of fun and laughter from Long Island's historic amusement parks.

Maritime New York in Nineteenth-century Photographs
Maritime New York in Nineteenth-century Photographs

Author: Harry Johnson

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1980-01-01

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780486239637

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Rich treasury of 210 vintage views of New York harbor before 1900. Clipper ships, South Street docks, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cunard liners, much more. Many photos never before published. Unique record of Old New York via early photography.