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Thomas and Anna McQuilling in Their Backyard

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Annalou Christensen
Date: circa 1935; 1930 Material: Black and white print Dimension: 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 300 ppi
Creator: Annalou Christensen Identifier: aql:20741 christensen_annalou_image8 christensen_annalou_image8.tif

Description: Mr. and Mrs. McQuilling built one of the original homes in the Waldheim neighborhood in Flushing, Queens. Mr. McQuilling was originally from New Orleans and had been a merchant seaman and later an executive for Shell oil company. Mrs. McQuilling was from Connecticut. Their daughter, Annalou, describes dinner at her house always including both rice (for her father) and potatoes (for her mother). The knickers Mr. McQuilling wears here were a gift from a friend, meant for playing golf. He disliked golf, but enjoyed wearing the knickers around the house.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20659

Creator : Annalou Christensen

Date : circa 1935; 1930

Summary/Description : Mr. and Mrs. McQuilling built one of the original homes in the Waldheim neighborhood in Flushing, Queens. Mr. McQuilling was originally from New Orleans and had been a merchant seaman and later an executive for Shell oil company. Mrs. McQuilling was from Connecticut. Their daughter, Annalou, describes dinner at her house always including both rice (for her father) and potatoes (for her mother). The knickers Mr. McQuilling wears here were a gift from a friend, meant for playing golf. He disliked golf, but enjoyed wearing the knickers around the house.

Subject : Dwellings; Trees; Lawns; McQuilling, Anna; McQuilling, Thomas

Rights : This image is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Waldheim, Queens, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital image

Format : Black and white print; 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 300 ppi

Identifier : aql:20741 christensen_annalou_image8 christensen_annalou_image8.tif

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Dwellings; Trees; Lawns; McQuilling, Anna; McQuilling, Thomas
Rights Notice
This image is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.


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