Joseph Burt, Sr. Photographs

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CreatorBurt, Joseph, 1886-1971DescriptionJoseph Burt, Sr., a prolific commercial photographer from Mineola, 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 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. He photographed Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Glenn Curtiss and early Long Island aviation, Nassau County Fairs, the Long Island Rail Road and more.Date1768-1977SubjectRoosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, inc.Long Island Rail RoadAeronauticsAirplanesRailroadsAgricultureGeographic coverageLong Island (N.Y.)Nassau County (N.Y.)Queens (New York, N.Y.)Mineola (N.Y.)Contents23 boxes, 13 cubic feet

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Joseph Burt, Sr. Photographs