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Wieners' Greenhouse and Cold Frames

Collection: This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs
Date: ca. 1910; 1905 Material: safety film; gelatin silver print Dimension: 4 x 5 (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Identifier: aql:12177 jfw-000143 jfw-000143.tif

Description: An unidentified gentleman stands holding a rake, with other garden tools at his feet, in front of a greenhouse on the property of photographer Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Cold frames are seen on the ground at right. The brick building in the background is the College Point Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association Hall, built in 1906-1907, and one of the few remaining volunteer firemen's halls still in use as a community meeting place. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Collection : aql:11775; vital:1

Creator : Jacob F. Wieners, Jr.

Date : ca. 1910; 1905

Summary/Description : An unidentified gentleman stands holding a rake, with other garden tools at his feet, in front of a greenhouse on the property of photographer Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Cold frames are seen on the ground at right. The brick building in the background is the College Point Exempt Fireman's Benevolent Association Hall, built in 1906-1907, and one of the few remaining volunteer firemen's halls still in use as a community meeting place. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Subject : Greenhouses; Gardening

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : 14th Street (now 123rd Street) at 1st Avenue (now 14th Avenue), College Point, NY College Point (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

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

Format : safety film; gelatin silver print; 4 x 5 (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:12177 jfw-000143 jfw-000143.tif

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