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Trivia Junior!

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Answer the trivia questions below and win a prize bag to be picked up at the library.  Email answers to kids@montauklibrary.org.  Good Luck!

Throwback Thursday – Buffalo Soldiers at Camp Wikoff

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“Camp Wikoff, 24th Infantry (colored) coming to Detention Camp,” by photographer Dwight L. Elmendorf, 1898. African-American regiment arriving at Camp Wikoff in Montauk, N.Y. Montauk Historical Society Collection, digital image. Montauk Library Archives It was August 1898 when Camp Wikoff opened to what quickly grew to be to be more than 20,000 sickened, injured, and… Read more »

Throwback Thursday – Hither Hills State Park, circa late 1940s

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Hither Hills State Park, circa late 1940s. Postcard from the Montauk Library’s Postcard Collection.  The pensive girl in the kerchief and the stone walkway lend a kind of European flavor to this thoughtfully composed image. Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” also comes to mind. Could the photographer be paying homage to a famous painting? The image,… Read more »

Bilingual Storytime with Mary Jane: I Love You

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Welcome to Bilingual Storytime with Mary Jane. Today, Mary Jane will be reading Te Quieto, Yo Te Quiero / I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti Shustak. For more info about the author, visit http://www.bernadetterossettishustak.com

Summer Reading Week 6: Creepy Crawlies

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What’s bugging you? I hope it’s not the creeping, crawling, climbing, flying critters we’ll be featuring this week when we explore the fascinating world of insects and arachnids. Find all this fun stuff in your “Missions” in ReadSquared!   Week   #6: CREEPY CRAWLIES  SHOW: The Smallest Show on Earth!   Felix the Flea wants to… Read more »

Throwback Thursday – Margaret Potts, Montauk Aviatrix, and her Powderpuff Derby Co-pilot, Viola Gentry, 1961

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Viola Gentry and Margaret Potts on their way to the Powderpuff Derby in California, 1961. Michael Potts Collection, Montauk Library Archives. In early 2021, the Montauk Library Archives received a phone call from Patrick Hreachmack in Columbus, Ohio.  Margaret Potts had taught him how to fly when he was a teenager living in Montauk (Hreachmack’s father… Read more »

Summer Reading Week 5: Safari Stories

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It’s time to heed the call of the wild with this week’s Safari-themed game show and craft. Plus, you’ll find out all about animal superpowers and explore your own artistic superpowers of puppetry and drawing with this week’s special guests. Find all these fun activities in the “MISSIONS” section of ReadSquared.   WEEK #5: Safari… Read more »