Unidentified Lindenhurst residents out for an automobile ride, in an otherwise unidentified photo from the Library's collection.
Exhibit
As part of the fundraising effort for the “Windows on Wellwood” project, 232 blue and 17 engraved gold stars were purchased to honor living or deceased veterans.
"Downtown" Lindenhurst (Breslau) in 1871, from Hoffman Avenue looking east toward the intersection with Wellwood Avenue. On the left are the Wagner building & Nehring's Hotel, in the middle are the South Side Railroad depot & freight
"Welwood Lane", the home of village founders Abby & Thomas Welwood, built in 1871 on the north side of Montauk Highway just west of Broadway. &nbs
Breslau's 1st schoolhouse, formed in the old Wellwood Station railroad depot, which was moved to School Street in 1870.
Although it was publicized as the "city" of Breslau, the community did not have its own government. It was a hamlet, or unincorporated community, governed by the town of Babylon. This 1873 map from the Atlas of Long Island, pu
Louis F. Wrieth's band, ca. 1901.
Breslau's First Firehouse on West John Street, ca. 1890.
In an 1871 article celebrating the 1st anniversary of Breslau, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that the Breslau Building Association, managed by Thomas Welwood & Charles Schleier, "offers to donate an ample site for churches & s