Queens Memory
@QueensMemory
Queens Memory is a collaborative digital archives program at @qplnyc and @libraryqc aiming to record and preserve contemporary history across Queens.
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In celebration of #AANHPIHeritageMonth , we are spotlighting Gurū Nānak Way in #RichmondHill . Gurū Nānak (1469-1539), born in Punjab, India, was a spiritual leader, the founder of Sikhism & the first of 10 Sikh gurus: buff.ly/4buZty8
📷 by Naeisha Rose/ Queens Chronicle
Happy #AANHPIMonth ! Our May #oralhistory spotlights artist & designer, Jaclyn Reyes. In March 2020, she co-founded the Meal to Heal Initiative to deliver meals to hospitals & health facilities with large Filipino staff. She's interviewed by Rosalind Tordesillas here: buff.ly/3EF3VMx
What a great time participating in #JanesWalk last wkd in #Flushing ! Many thx to @masnyc for organizing & of course to our guide, Yuanjing 🙏 We have one more #walkingtour coming up on 6/8 thru Addisleigh Park & Linden Blvd. Register here for details: buff.ly/3ycEpOL
#TBT Jen Tsai Morimoto and his wife Kay, owners of the Main Street Food Store in Flushing, check over newly arrived merchandise in 1975. The store carried a full range of Asian foods. #QPLarchives
#FlushingQueens
#asiangrocerystore
#AANHPIHeritageMonth
#NYC1970s #1970s
Great turnout last Sat at the #ClimateArtsFestival 🎉 We shared a table with @qplnyc & passed out free goodies! We also collected #floodstories for our podcast 💪 Many 🙏 to Queens Botanical Garden for hosting 👍 Sign up for our newsletter - buff.ly/3FP00wP - and see you soon 😜
We're partnering with QC Alumni & @dorotusa for this Queens College | The City University of New York event, featuring a presentation from our outreach coordinator (and QC alum) Lori Wallch who will share 📷 of campus life & interviews with retired faculty & alumni. May 2 at 3:30pm on Zoom: buff.ly/43T8dLQ
RSVP for our 'Flushing: Its People & Immigrant History' #WalkingTour , as part of the annual @masnyc #JanesWalkNYC Festival, led by Yuanjing Lin 🎉
📆 Sat, May 4
📍 Flushing Library (Main St.)
⏰ 10:30 - 12pm
🔗 buff.ly/3Qk95DN
RSVP is req & capacity is limited to 15.
It's National Telephone Day! This from the 1939-40 World's Fair shows visitors under a playful AT&T mural featuring a switchboard operator and people talking on phones. Photo by Bob Golby☎️
#NationalTelephoneDay
#QPLarchives
#NewYorkWorldsFair
#1939WorldsFair #oldtech
Climate Arts Festival at Queens Botanical Garden is only 1 week away 🎋 Join us for some family fun, hands-on activities, art exhibits, music, tours, etc. to celebrate #EarthMonth together 🌍 Look out for our table @qplnyc with free giveaways, literature & more: buff.ly/4d4cfp8
#TBT View looking south from Hallett's Point, circa 1945. Sohmer & Co. Piano factory is at center🎹 Photo: Joseph Sandor
#QPLarchives #HalletsPoint #Astoria #PianoFactory #NYCWaterfront
Travel back in time to your student years & connect with your fellow alumni, featuring Queens College | The City University of New York history, 📷 of campus life and clips from interviews with retired faculty. Co-presented by QC Alumni and @dorotusa
Register: buff.ly/43T8dLQ
📷 via #QPLarchives from 4/1/68
📆 SAVE THE DATE 📆 for Climate Arts Festival on Sat, 4/27, at Queens Botanical Garden🌞 Celebrate #EarthMonth with us & bring the whole family 🎋 Check out the @qplnyc tables to learn more about our new season of the podcast🥳 #QBGClimateArtsFestival
🎟️- buff.ly/4d4cfp8
Throwback to the Queens Public Library book bus hitting the streets of Queens in 1965! The QPL Book Bus is still going strong today, celebrating #NationalLibraryOutreachDay today & #NationalLibraryWeek around Queens this week.
Find out more here: buff.ly/4cKUhb7
It's #NationalLibraryWorkersDay ❤️ sharing this photo of Queens Public Library of Library workers in 1967.
#QPLarchives
#NationalLibaryWeek
#SupportYourLibrary
For more QPL librarian photos from 1913 to the present click here: urbanarchive.org/stories/7pfELF…