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Buhrman's Store, Alley Pond

Collection: This image is from the Eugene C. Nichols Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the Eugene C. Nichols Photographs
Date: ca. 1920-1930; 1915 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (glass plate negative); 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (negative); 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 (print); 8 x 10 (print);400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Eugene C. Nichols Identifier: aql:11686 ecn-000013 ecn-000013.tif

Description: William C. Buhrman's Store, Alley Pond. Thought to have the first post office in the town of Flushing. Opened in 1828.; hand written on label in upper left corner of glass plate negative: 58; stamp crossed out on back of print: PROPERTY OF THE FLUSHING HISTORICAL SOCIETY; hand written on back of print: First Post Office Alley Pond Douglaston Torn Down ca 1948

Collection : aql:11526; vital:1

Creator : Eugene C. Nichols

Date : ca. 1920-1930; 1915

Summary/Description : William C. Buhrman's Store, Alley Pond. Thought to have the first post office in the town of Flushing. Opened in 1828.; hand written on label in upper left corner of glass plate negative: 58; stamp crossed out on back of print: PROPERTY OF THE FLUSHING HISTORICAL SOCIETY; hand written on back of print: First Post Office Alley Pond Douglaston Torn Down ca 1948

Subject : General stores

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Bayside near Alley Pond now near West Alley Road and East Hampton Parkway, Oakland Garden, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (glass plate negative); 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (negative); 6 1/2 x 8 3/8 (print); 8 x 10 (print);400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:11686 ecn-000013 ecn-000013.tif

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