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Photographic prints

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123 prints, 7 x 10 inches or smaller.

New York State—Adirondack Mountains, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Includes St. Regis Mountain and Whiteface Mountain.

New York State—Long Island—Jones Beach, 1935, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Includes images of the Jones Beach water tower and East Bathhouse.

New York State—Long Island—Montauk Point, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Includes images of the beach and lighthouse.

New York State—Long Island—Roosevelt Field, 1934-1935, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Includes images of a variety of planes at the airfield.

New York City—Brooklyn—Floyd Bennett Field, 1937, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

New York City—Manhattan, 1936, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Includes views taken from the Empire State Building as well as an image of the Empire State Building from the street.

New York City—Queens—Flushing—World's Fair, construction, 1939, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

New York City—Queens—Flushing—World's Fair, general, 1939, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Includes a small panorama, made from three photographs, showing the entire fair site.

New York City—Queens—Flushing—World's Fair, railroads, 1939, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Includes shots of railroad engines on display at the fair.

New York City—Queens—Jamaica, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

General

Includes one view of a snow-covered house.

Virginia—Mount Vernon, 1938, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 [12?] (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Images of George Washington's home and burial site.

Unidentified locations, [circa 1930s], undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 [13?] (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

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Contains mainly images of ships at sea, one of which shows the U.S.S. Dirigible Akron moored to the U.S.S. Patoka. Another shows an oil derrick.

New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024