Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs

Date: ca. 1888-1916; 1888 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 536 photographs, 536 negatives, 26 boxes, 6.7 cubic feet; 536 digital images, 400 ppi TIFF, 2.98 Gb

Creator: Jacob F. Wieners Jr. Identifier: aql:11775 W-12

Description: The Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs contain pictures of businesses, residences, organizations and events in the Queens communities of College Point, Whitestone and Flushing around the turn of the twentieth century. Many of the businesses are hotels and resorts, as College Point was a popular vacation spot at the time. Among the organizations that Wieners photographed were sports teams, bands, choirs, fire companies, police forces and civic groups. Events include parades, picnics and other group outings. A large subgroup of photographs consists of studio portraits of individual members of fire companies, police and veterans organizations.; The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in boxes N219-N239 and N266-N268 (negatives); P112 and P115 (prints), the digital images are available online.; http://queenslibrary.org/research/archives

Title : Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs

Collection : aql:848

Creator : Jacob F. Wieners Jr.

Date : ca. 1888-1916; 1888

Summary/Description : The Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs contain pictures of businesses, residences, organizations and events in the Queens communities of College Point, Whitestone and Flushing around the turn of the twentieth century. Many of the businesses are hotels and resorts, as College Point was a popular vacation spot at the time. Among the organizations that Wieners photographed were sports teams, bands, choirs, fire companies, police forces and civic groups. Events include parades, picnics and other group outings. A large subgroup of photographs consists of studio portraits of individual members of fire companies, police and veterans organizations.; The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in boxes N219-N239 and N266-N268 (negatives); P112 and P115 (prints), the digital images are available online.; http://queenslibrary.org/research/archives

Subject : Portraits; Parades

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in boxes N219-N239 and N266-N268 (negatives); P112 and P115 (prints), the digital images are available online. College Point (New York, N.Y.) Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : collection; glass plate negatives; black and white negatives; black and white prints; digital images

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints; 536 photographs, 536 negatives, 26 boxes, 6.7 cubic feet; 536 digital images, 400 ppi TIFF, 2.98 Gb

Identifier : aql:11775 W-12