Presents:

Folktales & History Night
46-46 Vernon Blvd.
(Corner of 47th Ave)

Folktale & History Night returns on March 6 at 6:30pm for
a special 1 hour presentation by (Q & A afterwards) by
Richard Melnick Co-author of
Postcards of Long Island City

Postcards were the email of 100 years ago.
Richard Melnick, president of the Greater Astoria Historical Society,
will take us on a delightful excursion of the Long Island City and Astoria of years gone by.
 

Richard  will be on hand after the slide lecture to answer your questions and sign copies of the book.
 
Whether you were born here, or moved to the neighborhood, with over 200 postcard images,
many rarely seen, the book is a must for any bookshelf in our community.


 
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Here are past announcements from previous Folktale/History Nights:

May 2007 The Titanic House
Tour and Talk by "Titanic Joe" Coletti

December 2006 The Magic of Steinway
Bob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historic Society

October 2006 Sharon Florin & Marilyn Dunn
Stories behind Paintings & Growing Up in LIC

June 2006 Who Controls The City
Architect Monty Mitchell & Penny Lee from NYC Dept of Planning

May 2006 Tony Vaccaro
Slide Show of World War II & Street Photography

April 2006 Gilda Incantalupo & Adele Shtern
A lifetime in Long Island City & an Artist moves here

March 2006 The Neighborhoods of LIC: Hunters Point
Bob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historic Society

February 2006 Frank Corrado, Rosetta Bentz, & Andy Vincenquera
Growing up, living, & working in Long Island City

See you in the Spring

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