"St. Albans Greatest: They All Lived Here" Mural

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Date: December 9 2013; 2013-12-09 Material: Digital image Dimension: 300 dpi

Creator: Cassia Campbell Identifier: aql:17640 qmp-ccp-000020 qmp-ccp-000020.tif

Description: View of "St. Albans' Greatest: They All Lived Here" mural located beneath the St. Albans' Long Island Rail Road Station. This section features depictions of James Brown, John Coltrane and Thomas "Fats" Waller who were both St. Albans residents.Mural credits read as follows, "Sponsor- St. Albans Civic Improvement Assoc. P.O. Box 120561 St. Albans N.Y. 1141 2Funded by NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs Secured By- Councilman Leroy Comrie Project Organizer- Winnie Morgan Designed & Directed- Joe Stephenson1st Assistant- Rikki Asher 2nd Assistant- Stacy Schwarts Volunteer Artists- Jessie Acosta, Merlin Bassman, Vivian Bergenthal, Karen Besner, Darian Bunn, Janet Braun-Reinitz, Sandy Singh, Emily Gordon & P.S. 36 5th grade, Geoff Harris, Trian Mavrikis, Larrry Schick, Jane Weissman Special Thanks- Steve Carter, LIRR, P.S. 36, Southern Queens Park Assoc., Dr. Ast. G., Mrs. J.O.A. Stephenson"

Title : "St. Albans Greatest: They All Lived Here" Mural

Collection : aql:13844

Creator : Cassia Campbell

Date : December 9 2013; 2013-12-09

Summary/Description : View of "St. Albans' Greatest: They All Lived Here" mural located beneath the St. Albans' Long Island Rail Road Station. This section features depictions of James Brown, John Coltrane and Thomas "Fats" Waller who were both St. Albans residents.Mural credits read as follows, "Sponsor- St. Albans Civic Improvement Assoc. P.O. Box 120561 St. Albans N.Y. 1141 2Funded by NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs Secured By- Councilman Leroy Comrie Project Organizer- Winnie Morgan Designed & Directed- Joe Stephenson1st Assistant- Rikki Asher 2nd Assistant- Stacy Schwarts Volunteer Artists- Jessie Acosta, Merlin Bassman, Vivian Bergenthal, Karen Besner, Darian Bunn, Janet Braun-Reinitz, Sandy Singh, Emily Gordon & P.S. 36 5th grade, Geoff Harris, Trian Mavrikis, Larrry Schick, Jane Weissman Special Thanks- Steve Carter, LIRR, P.S. 36, Southern Queens Park Assoc., Dr. Ast. G., Mrs. J.O.A. Stephenson"

Subject : Mural painting and decoration; Brown, James, 1933-2006; Coltrane, John, 1926-1967; Stephenson, Joe

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Saint Albans, Queens, NY Saint Albans (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital image

Format : Digital image; 300 dpi

Identifier : aql:17640 qmp-ccp-000020 qmp-ccp-000020.tif