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Andrew Reach Submits Sun Art To CBS Sunday Morning Show
Since it’s debut in 1979, CBS Sunday Morning has featured artistic suns. Andrew and I were watching the show on it’s January 27, 2019 broadcast and one of the stories was about Jessica Frank. She is the person at CBS Sunday Morning that handpicks the suns that are submitted by the public. At CBS she is known as the Sun Queen. Seeing the story, Andrew decided to submit his artwork. He created two suns and submitted them for consideration. One of the suns has two backgrounds; one on black and the other on white. A couple of weeks after he emailed her the suns, he received this wonderful email from her:
My e-mailbox is jammed full of suns, and it’s been taking me a while to get to them all. With that being said, I have to tell you that your suns really stand out as very special ones. They’re absolutely great, and perfect for use on future Sunday Morning broadcasts. Thanks so much for your patience, and for sharing your beautiful artwork with us. I promise to let you know when any of your suns are used.
Jessica Frank
The Photographic Archive of Edgemere, Far Rockaway & the Rockaways
beach 35th street Edgemere – photo credit: Mark Beckerman
beach39thstreet Edgemere photo credit : Mark Horowitz
Edgemere photo credit : Mark Horowitz
photo credit : William Platts
State Diner 1951 photo credit : arthur ganzer
State Diner 1951 photo credit : Arthur Ganzer
State Diner 1951 photo credit : Arthur Ganzer
photo credit : Steve Sobel
photo credit : arthur ganzer
photo credit Michelle Jaeger
photo credit Michelle Jaeger
photo credit Michelle Jaeger
The Wave: photo credit
beach 35th street Edgemere – photo credit: Mark Beckerman
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photo credit : Steve Sobel
My Favorite Cookies
Photo of Nabisco Package courtesy of Carlos Alejandro
Life in Edgemere gave us many things. These cookies for me are the boardwalk.
These are the three that I would get at different times with my grandmother and mother as they shopped at the stores on Edgemere Ave.
We all have our stories about the black and whites. I must admit I would often give away the chocolate side. How I still love these even today.
The toy cookie card board container shown here is mine from all those years ago. I remember going up on the 38th street ramp often with all my cookies. Seeing the colorful cookie cardboard container brings back so many thoughts of my times on the boardwalk. Our house was close to the boardwalk on Beach 38th Street and Sprayview Avenue, right on the corner. They would always tell us go take a walk on the boardwalk, but stay close. Even then I enjoyed my time alone. I can still feel my hands going along the railing of the boardwalk, and the ramp. the rhythm of the hand…the beat on the palm, And then those wonderful cookies. One of my very clear memories is sitting on the porch with my cookie, on the steps. People would be walking by to get on the boardwalk. So many happy people; they would have that extra quick step we all have when we want to get someplace.
But nothing can compare to the cookies in the blue box. Nabisco Marshmallow Sandwich cookies. My grandmother would often let me walk up to the stores at the end of Beach 38th Street to buy them. To this day I can remember how they smelled when you would open up the package and then to one box where there they would be in a wonderful row.
Click here to read about the history of the Marshmallow Sandwich