Merrick Park Gardens Construction Site

Collection: This image is from the Gladys Weaver Oral History and is depicted in a digital image.

Date: circa 1952; 1952 Material: digital image Dimension: 3 1/2 x 5 (inches); 400 dpi (digital image)

Creator: Gladys Weaver Identifier: aql:16095 weaver_gladys_image9 weaver_gladys_image9.tif

Description: Gladys Weaver (nee Simpkins) poses with her son, Lester, and her cousin Mamie. Gladys married John Weaver in 1947 and gave birth to their son, Lester, in 1951. The couple moved into the Merrick Park Garden co-op apartments soon after.

Title : Merrick Park Gardens Construction Site

Collection : aql:20455; aql:16083

Creator : Gladys Weaver

Date : circa 1952; 1952

Summary/Description : Gladys Weaver (nee Simpkins) poses with her son, Lester, and her cousin Mamie. Gladys married John Weaver in 1947 and gave birth to their son, Lester, in 1951. The couple moved into the Merrick Park Garden co-op apartments soon after.

Subject : Coming of age; Urbanization; Public housing; Building sites; Weaver, Gladys; Weaver, Lester

Relation : This image is from the Gladys Weaver Oral History and is depicted in a digital image.

Rights : Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : 172nd Street, Jamaica, NY Saint Albans (New York, N.Y.) Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : digital image

Format : digital image; 3 1/2 x 5 (inches); 400 dpi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:16095 weaver_gladys_image9 weaver_gladys_image9.tif