Transparency shows a rehearsal of a student review, probably the Varsity show, one of many such student theatricals, performances and costumed festivities put on by Queens College students through the years, particularly until the 1970's. "There...
West Brighton, N.Y., June 25, 1923
My Dear Darwin J. Meserole:
My hearty thanks for the copy of The Decay of Capitalistic Civilization, by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, those two explorers who see deep into our social chaos. I am glad to get this news,...
Sailors' Snug Harbor photographs, SUNY Maritime College, Staten Island, New York.
Several article clippings from various news sources, like The New York Herald Tribune and the Staten Island Advance, that discuss the 1954 Staten Island Outdoor Art Show and the Easter morning event at Sailors Snug Harbor. A photo of the art show...
Transparency shows students in the cafeteria in the "I" building where some appear to be doing school work. "…Christmas and Easter meant long nights with books studying for exams, doing reports or writing term papers. Nobody went to Ft....
Transparency is of a photograph of students at a dance. It is not known if it's on or off campus as some affairs were. "We had Friday night dances. The tickets were fifty cents or even one dollar for a big dance." (Adapted from Allen Dawson,...
Transparency is of a photograph of male students playing basketball behind one of the campus buildings. "But we had fun too. There was table tennis in the gym. There were those athletic boys who snatched ten minutes for basketball between...
Transparency shows students lounging in the apple orchard, a legacy of farming on and near the campus site, a hideaway and romantic rendezvous on the eastern ednge of campus, near the present Fitzgerald Gym. "We went to the famous apple orchard." ...
Transparency of a photograph of two students in the left foreground, probably buildings D and E to their right, on a snow covered campus. “Queens College had no large stately trees, no ivy covered edifices, but it was spectacular in the winter...
Transparency of a photograph of male students learning to march at school in anticipation of inevitable World War Two service. This photograph was believed first published in the 1943 Silhouette, the college yearbook. “We were so much more...
Transparency of a news clipping, undated and unidentified, from World War Two with the headline “Queens College Buddies Together on Guam”, with a photograph of three servicemen. “Some of our classmates found each other in strange places far...
Transparency of a photograph believed to show part of a commencement ceremony, Dean Margaret Hielyis is probably the person at the center of the image, with academic regalia. “Many came back [from the war] some did not. It was a different world...
United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn; Music publishing industry; Songs, Yiddish; Musical theater--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano; Songs with piano
Cover features dark blue decorative border and photograph of Peretz Sandler. Text, "Two successful songs. Price 20 cents." Show title printed in Latin and Hebrew alphabets.
United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn; Music publishing industry; Musical theater--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano; Waltzes; Songs with piano; Popular music--1921-1930
Color illustration of a woman (wearing pearls and a hat) standing in front of city skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge. Photograph of George M. Cohan. List of songs from the show and their prices listed on cover. Operatic edition emblem in lower left...
