The Hellgate Bridge, postcard, undated.
From Burgh to Borough

From Burgh to Borough: Queens Enters the 20th Century features more than 75 photographs from the Long Island Division collection of the Queens Borough Public Library.

This exhibition illustrates how Queens evolved from a county of farms and loosely connected villages into a densely populated network of residential communities and a major transportation gateway.

The Gallery would like to thank the exhibition advisory panel: James Driscoll, Vice President for History, Queens Historical Society; Jeffrey Kroessler, Historian, Archives and Special Collections, College of Staten Island/CUNY; John Hyslop, Assistant Manager, Long Island Division, Queens Borough Public Library; Jon Peterson, Professor, History Department, Queens College/CUNY; and Vincent Seyfried, Trustee Emeritus, Queens Historical Society.
Winter sports on Hillside Avenue President Theodore Roosevelt at the Forest Hills Gardens Long Island Railroad Station

Please visit our virtual exhibition by selecting a decade from the timeline or clicking on a topic.
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From Burgh to Borough is funded by New York Council for the Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is also made possible by funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by Queens Council on the Arts.
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