PlayFit with Miss Rachel: Truck Workout

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Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel. Today, Miss Rachel will be reading, Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell. After the story, get ready for a truck workout by doing some moves from the book.   For more information about the author, visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Patricia-Hubbell-424493900958597/    

Throwback Thursday- 1950s Businesses

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The Montauk Library’s archival collection includes stellar examples of aerial photography.  This overview from the Al Holden Collection is undated, but if we research the motels and businesses that appear in the picture it seems certain it was photographed in the 1950s. In fact, this aerial view beautifully documents the early years of Montauk’s booming… Read more »

PlayFit with Miss Rachel: The World’s Greatest Creature

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  Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel. Today, Miss Rachel will be reading Eddie the World’s Greatest Creature by Kayleigh Mackie. Follow Eddie swooping and looping, stumbling and tumbling, and splashing and dashing as he attempts to become the world’s greatest creature. Then, do a workout using some of Eddie’s moves in the story! For… Read more »

Throwback Thursday- Lathrop Brown Windmill House Postcard

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Hand-coloring was often employed on vintage postcards, done by the manufacturer during production.  Like most early postcards, this particular view was originally transferred from a B & W photograph.  However, since postcard buyers would almost always purchase the brighter image, as early as 1902 collotype-printed postcards in B & W would gain a painterly flourish. … Read more »