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Delancey Floyd-Jones Free Library

Collection: Long Island Daily Press Photograph Morgue Collection
Date: July 12, 1965; 1965-07-12 Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension: 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Long Island Daily Press Identifier: aql:32577 ldp-002666 ldp-002666.tif

Description: An exterior view of the Delancey Floyd-Jones Free Library shows how small the building is. Built in 1896 by Colonel Delancey Floyd-Jones, it was the first public library in the Massapequas, and the only one in operation from 1896 to 1952. Library director Mrs. Frederick Luhrs records the transaction in a ledger.

Collection : aql:16495

Creator : Long Island Daily Press

Date : July 12, 1965; 1965-07-12

Summary/Description : An exterior view of the Delancey Floyd-Jones Free Library shows how small the building is. Built in 1896 by Colonel Delancey Floyd-Jones, it was the first public library in the Massapequas, and the only one in operation from 1896 to 1952. Library director Mrs. Frederick Luhrs records the transaction in a ledger.

Subject : Libraries; Library buildings

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : 4755 Merrick Road, Massapequa, NY Nassau County (N.Y.) Massapequa (N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:32577 ldp-002666 ldp-002666.tif

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