Rich harvest of rare photographs recalls "good old days" in Maspeth, Jamaica, Astoria, Jackson Heights, other areas. Vintage views include DeWitt Clinton mansion, hotel where Washington slept (1790), plus recent landmarks — Astoria Studios, 1939 World's Fair, more.
"Seyfried's monumental work focuses on Queens before it became part of greater New York and on the history of the Long Island Rail Road. The grand old man of Queens history..." - Christopher Gray
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