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Nelson Branch of the Queens Public Library in Long Island City

Collection: The Queens Borough Public Library Records
Date: 1910 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 8.3 x 6.4 inches; 400 ppi
Creator: Queens Borough Public Library Identifier: aql:36180 qpl-000068 qpl-000068.tif

Description: Children in front of the Nelson Branch at 101 East Avenue (now 47-46 11th Street), in Hunters Point/Long Island City. Opened in 1896 as the first branch of the Queens Public Library, it occupied this storefront from 1901 to 1912. The Branch closed in 1957.

Collection : aql:37267

Creator : Queens Borough Public Library

Date : 1910

Summary/Description : Children in front of the Nelson Branch at 101 East Avenue (now 47-46 11th Street), in Hunters Point/Long Island City. Opened in 1896 as the first branch of the Queens Public Library, it occupied this storefront from 1901 to 1912. The Branch closed in 1957.

Subject : Public libraries; Library buildings; Portraits, Group; Queens Borough Public Library

Rights : Copyright held by Queens Borough Public Library.

Coverage : 47-46 11th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101 Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Black and white photograph

Format : Black and white photograph; 8.3 x 6.4 inches; 400 ppi

Identifier : aql:36180 qpl-000068 qpl-000068.tif

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Subject:
Public libraries; Library buildings; Portraits, Group; Queens Borough Public Library
Rights Notice
Copyright held by Queens Borough Public Library.


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