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December 17: The Day Aviation Soared	December 17 is a big day for aviation history. In 1903, Ohio bicycle makers Orville and Wilbur Wright took their homemade craft down to Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina and became the first to...	3.5	17-12-2012	12-17-2012	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Library	Amelia Earhart, Apple, aviation, Charles Lindbergh, DC-3, Douglas DC-3, flight, Glenn Curtiss, patent wars, Samsung, Samuel Langley, Smithsonian, space race, Wright brothers	Jeremy Walsh	70	Blog entry
Happy Holidays from 108 Years Ago	The tradition of the Christmas tree was already well-established in the United States by the end of the 19th Century. Although the first national Christmas tree wasn’t set up until 1913, (...	0	23-01-2013	12-11-2012	No	jwalsh	0	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Library	Archives at Queens Library, Christmas, Christmas tree, family life, holidays, Jamaica	jwalsh	0	Blog entry
The Art of the Heist (of Art)	Art lovers had a lot to fret about recently: The Associated Press reported that on Tuesday, October 16, thieves broke into a Dutch museum and stole seven paintings by legendary artists such as...	0	08-01-2013	10-24-2012	No	jking	1	Read More..	1 Comment Login to comment	General	Library	Anthony Amore, Art, Dr. No, Goya, heist, history, Isabella Stewart Gardner, James Bond, King of Hei, masterpieces, Matisse, Monet, museums, Picasso, Rembrandt, robbery, security, Stealing Rembrandts, supervillains, theft, Tom Mashberg, Topkapi, true crime	jking	0	Blog entry
Summer Globes!	With summer coming to a close and autumn right around the corner, the kids at Steinway library wanted to hold onto summer before it officially ended and by doing so we made “summer globes” instead of...	0	27-09-2012	09-27-2012	No	BSmith	0	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Greening		BSmith	0	Blog entry
The Green Resources Fair: A Recap!	The excitement still continues for those who participated in this years Green Resources fair. Held at the Broadway Library on Saturday July 21, this fair attracted over 300 participants. There...	0	17-08-2012	08-01-2012	No	ChOnyejiukwa	0	Read More..	Login to comment	General	Greening		ChOnyejiukwa	0	Blog entry