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Detail of 1896 map of Long Island City, showing Astoria and Ravenswood, from the Greater Astoria Historical Society There is some debate as to what constitutes the geographic boundaries of Astoria. The neighborhood was part of Long Island City prior to the latter's incorporation into the City of Greater New York in 1898.
The Greater Astoria Historical Society (GAHS) is a non-profit cultural and historical organization located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, United States, dedicated to preserving the past and promoting the future of the neighborhoods that are part of historic Long Island City, including the Village of Astoria, Blissville, Bowery Bay, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Ravenswood ...
The Society's former collection consisted of more than 80,000 books, some 40,000 manuscripts, and over 25,000 microforms and computer media. The library's major focus was New York State genealogy and local history. For New York's colonial period, the library's resources were unparalleled.
New York City Guide. American Guide Series. New York: Random House. hdl:2027/mdp.39015008975883 – via HathiTrust. Mary A. Glascock. An Annotated Bibliography of the History of Queens County, New York (Queens College, 1977) 218 pages; Janet E. Lieberman and Richard K. Lieberman. City Limits: A Social History of Queens (Kendall/Hunt Publishing ...
1870 in Virginia (3 C) 1871 in Virginia (3 C, 1 P) 1872 in Virginia (2 C) ... Pages in category "1870s in Virginia" This category contains only the following page.
The New York City borough of Queens was authorized May 4, 1897, by a vote of the New York State Legislature after an 1894 referendum on consolidation. [36] The eastern 280 square miles (730 km 2 ) of Queens that became Nassau County was partitioned January 1, 1899. [ 37 ]
The Great East River Bridge To connect the cities of New York and Brooklyn, Currier & Ives, 1872 The Taylor Map of New York, 1879 The post-war period was noted for the corruption and graft for which Tammany Hall has become proverbial, but equally for the foundation of New York's pre-eminent cultural institutions, the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
CCHS Museum & Library. Headquarters of the Columbia County Historical Society. c.1737 Luykas Van Alen House, Kinderhook, New York. Collection of the Columbia County Historical Society, acquired in 1964. The Columbia County Historical Society was founded in 1916 as a women' social and philanthropic club.