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A community-engaged archiving program and oral history collection supported by Queens Public Library and Queens College, CUNY More Info Here: https://linktr.ee/queensmemory Subscribe to the Queens Memory Monthly Newsletter: https://bit.ly/40VRuXh

A group of young men and boys pose on the board walk in front of a building with a sign that reads "Park Inn Baths". A few have cigarettes hanging out of their mouths, they are standing in front of beach umbrella's.
An Aerial view of Jamaica, Queens in 1972 showing Rufus King Park, Jamaica Avenue, Archer Avenue, the large builiding on Jamaica Avenue is the NYPD Forensics Lab, and a large gas tank near the area where York College is now.
Black and white group photo of a soccer team in striped shirts in Central Park, the San Remo building is visible in the background.
Photo possibly from the early 1950s of a woman - written on the page is "My Teacher" and Mrs. "Russek"
Black and white photo showing children and teens lined up to enter the book bus outside Far Rockaway High School in 1937.
An empty barrel that has "Umbrella Bank" written on it in the Jamaica Long Island Railroad station. A sign above reads "Sorry.. Umbrella Bank temporarily overdrawn."
A storefront corner grocery in a brick building in the 1940s.
A large group of children stand outside the corner storefront of the Nelson Branch in Long Island City on East Ave (now 47-46 11th St).
Color lithograph print of two female dancers on a stage with a horse with feathers on it's head. A male dancer is in the background.
A group of men with a horse-drawn stand on the ice of a frozen Flushing Bay in 1918.
One-story storefronts line a city street covered in snow in the 1960s
A storefront window with display of photos showing Dr. Martin Luther King working in communities, giving speeches, and at protests. The window sign declares: Happy Birthday Dr. King.
black and white photo of a crowd of protesters and a policeman on the stairs at the Far Rockaway Mott Avenue Station.
Photo shows librarians in 1940s cataloging by hand with index cards and and card catalog drawers. The room is crowded and there are 7 librarians working.
A black and white photograph from 1938 shows a sparsely populated College Point Boulevard under construction, featuring workers on the street and a few large houses lining the road.
Black and white photo of a corner bank building with a classical columns and a clock tower in Rego Park, Queens in 1975.
Historic hand painted map of New York City showing two options for where to connect Staten Island and Brooklyn one line is blue and the other line - where the Verrazano bridge is now - is red.
Comic book cover showing the characters Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica at the 1964 World's Fair. Monuments shown are the Unisphere & the New York State Pavilion towers.
Governor Nelson Rockefeller speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Southeast Queens subway. Pictured behind him are Deputy Queens Borough President Robert Groh, MTA chair William Ronan, and Mayor John Lindsay.
Images shows people hanging around a corner store in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
A row of two story flat roof town houses in Long Island City, Queens, in the 1920's.
Lines of Airplanes on the Runway ready to take off