Photographic Collections

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Bronx Parkway Commission

County Photographer

John G. Gass

General Photographs

Edwin G. Michaelian

Park Commission

Parks Department Lantern Slides

Playland

 

The Westchester County Archives houses over 60,000 prints, negatives, lantern slides and other images dating from 1909 to the present. These materials are arranged into 8 separate photographic collections.

Bronx Parkway Commission Collection

Buildings along the Bronx River, 19 March 1912

Official photographic record of the construction of America's first public parkway. View full details about collection

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County Photographer Collection

County Executive Andrew P. O'Rourke and New York Governor Mario Cuomo at the opening of WestHELP, 1989. Photo by Affliated Photographic Services, Inc.

County employees, buildings, functions, and events as recorded by the County Photographer. View full details about collection

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John G. Gass Collection

Croton Lake Bridge, 1935

Breath-taking images of Westchester County parks, parkways, and recreation activities by an award-winning landscape photographer. View full details about collection.

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General Photograph Collection

Briarcliff Junior College Volunteers Working in Library at Grasslands Hospital, 1948

Small groups of photographs of miscellaneous events, people, buildings, parks, and parkways throughout the County. View full details about collection.

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Edwin G. Michaelian Collection

County Executive Edwin G. Michaelian with President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Nixon-Lodge Rally, 1960

Personal and professional activities of Westchester County's chief executive from 1958-1973. View full details of collection.

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Park Commission Collection

Teeing off at Maple Moor Golf Course, 7 July 1929

Images of some of Westchester County's parks, parkways, and recreational activities. View full details of collection.

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Parks Department Lantern Slide Collection

Music Tower and Midway at Playland, ca. 1932

Hand-tinted color images of Westchester County's parks and parkways. View full details of collection

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Playland Collection

Dragon Coaster at Playland, ca. 1930

Photographic record of the construction and growth of Westchester County's government-owned amusement park. View full details of collection.

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