Joseph Burt, Sr. Photographs

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Date: 1768-1977; 1768 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 3,206 photographs, 23 boxes, 13 cubic feet; 3,206 digital images, 400 ppi TIFF, Gb

Creator: Joseph Burt Sr. Identifier: aql:9386 B-21

Description: Joseph Burt, Sr., a prolific commercial photographer, who also pursued photography as an avid hobbyist, expertly and beautifully captured the people, buildings, machines, land, villages, towns and coastline in and around Long Island. His photographs (3,206 photographs, 23 boxes, 13 cubic feet) document this constantly transforming landscape from bucolic counties of heterogeneous, small towns each with its own unique character to one of the largest, fastest growing, homogeneous, residential, commercial, and industrial suburbs in the United States.; The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in the cabinet and in boxes P17-P23 (prints) and N60-N74, N279-N285 (negatives); the digital images are available online.; http://queenslibrary.org/research/archives

Title : Joseph Burt, Sr. Photographs

Collection : aql:848

Creator : Joseph Burt Sr.

Date : 1768-1977; 1768

Summary/Description : Joseph Burt, Sr., a prolific commercial photographer, who also pursued photography as an avid hobbyist, expertly and beautifully captured the people, buildings, machines, land, villages, towns and coastline in and around Long Island. His photographs (3,206 photographs, 23 boxes, 13 cubic feet) document this constantly transforming landscape from bucolic counties of heterogeneous, small towns each with its own unique character to one of the largest, fastest growing, homogeneous, residential, commercial, and industrial suburbs in the United States.; The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in the cabinet and in boxes P17-P23 (prints) and N60-N74, N279-N285 (negatives); the digital images are available online.; http://queenslibrary.org/research/archives

Subject : Burt, Joseph, 1886-1971; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930; Aeronautics; Airplanes; Railroads; Agriculture; Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation; Long Island Rail Road

Rights : Copyright held by: Queens Borough Public Library

Coverage : The photographs are located in the Archives at Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432, in the cabinet and in boxes P17-P23 (prints) and N60-N74, N279-N285 (negatives); the digital images are available online. Long Island (N.Y.) Nassau County (N.Y.) Queens County (N.Y.)

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

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver prints; 3,206 photographs, 23 boxes, 13 cubic feet; 3,206 digital images, 400 ppi TIFF, Gb

Identifier : aql:9386 B-21

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Burt, Joseph, 1886-1971; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930; Aeronautics; Airplanes; Railroads; Agriculture; Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation; Long Island Rail Road