Throwback Thursday – Two Pools

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Postcard of the Wavecrest Motel. Printed by Color Photog. Assoc., Glen Cove, NY, ca. 1960s. Photographers, Olga Bedorf and Mona Shelley. Montauk Library Postcard Collection. Montauk Library Archives Postcard of the Blue Haven Motel, 1960s. J. J. Heatley, Smithtown, N.Y. Montauk Library Postcard Collection. Montauk Library Archives Knowledge about Montauk’s “Golden Age,” the period of sportfishing and vacationing that pushed our sleepy… Read more »

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 »