Garden City General Collection

Garden City Public Library

Commercial; Landis holds newspaper w. Ike Wins on First Ballot in Mid-Way - Image Source

Collection Facts

Extent:

258

Dates of Original:

1913-1957

Historical Context

Garden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City. Access to Garden City was provided by the Central Railroad of Long Island, another Stewart project which he undertook at the same time. The railroad's Hempstead branch opened in 1873. After World War II, following a trend of urban residents moving to the suburbs, Garden City continued to grow.

Scope of Collection

The collection consists of historic photographs and postcards of various houses, camps, railroad stations, court houses, and people of Garden City. The bulk of the materials are from the early-to-mid 20th Century.