Wayne Oken- Loves the Rockaways, He and his father began to save stuff way before all of us got on the train, He has begun to share is wonderful collection. I hope you enjoy them.
The Rockaways
For so many of us The Rockaways are and were a place of memories of the past and the present, To all of us who hold this place dear.
Photo by Spencer Platt- Getty Image
There are also many older posts with many photographs of the Rockaways, just go to the table of content
Below are the my families videos and the other little films that I have made of this wonderful place
New York Public Library & New York City Municipal Archives & Life Magazine, The Rockaway’s
Rockaway Beach (Belle Harbor), west at Beach 137th Street. Storm damage, basement and first floor level of house jacked up by temporary supports and sandbags, people. April 17, 1929
Beach House on Rodman Street. Beach house
Far Rockaway High School, Queens: exterior. Beach 25th Street and Oceancrest Boulevard. May 31, 1929.
Boardwalk, Beach 69th Street, Rockaway Beach. December 12, 1927
Rockaway Beach, Queens. Crew picking up debris and throwing it into small truck. Houses in background. June 23, 1942
Rockaway Point and Seabreeze Roxbury looking west. July 1920
Beach Channel Drive, west at Beach 116th Street. View of unpaved road and Harbor Inn, view of other houses. April 28, 1937.
Far Rockaway. April 20, 1935
Beach 136th Street, north at Cranston Avenue. Road and houses
Beach Channel Drive, East on Beach 132nd Street. Road, water at left, houses at right. October 25, 1928
Nameoke Street, Far Rockaway Boulevard. December 11, 1940
Nameoke Street, Far Rockaway Boulevard. December 11, 1940
Northwest corner of north line of Boardwalk and Beach 82nd Street, Rockaway Beach. December 14, 1927
Northwest corner of Beach 92nd Street and Boardwalk, Rockaway Beach. December 14, 1927
Southeast corner of Porch of House facing Beach 85th Street, 4.85 feet south of north line of Boardwalk, Rockaway Beach. House facing Beach 85th Street, other houses. December 14, 1927
100 feet south of north line of Boardwalk at west Property Line of Beach. 100th Street. General view of buildings, “Steeplechase Baths, Rockaway Laundry. December 14, 1927
Roche’s Beach, west on Beach from a point midway between Groynes 17 and 18, Far Rockaway. Rockaway Beach. July 17, 1927
Rockaway Point and Seabreeze Read’s Pier Rockaway Point west
Beach 83rd, south 100 feet of Amstel Boulevard. Muddy and flooded street, houses. December 5, 1927
Far Rockaway, south from Beach 19th Street and Seagirt Avenue. August 11, 1927
All the above photos are from New York City Municipal Archives
surf bathing at Rockaway Beach” in 1897, Life Magazine
New York Public Library
New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The Nameoke, Far Rockaway, 1903 New York Public Library
The Arverne, near Rockaway, 1903 New York Public Library
Rockaway Beach July 4, 1946 Life Magazine
Aerial view of crowds enjoying a hot 4th of July at Rockaway beach July 4, 1946 Life Magazine
Crowds enjoying a hot 4th of July at Rockaway beach July 4, 1946 Life Magazine
The Iconic Photographs of Margaret Bourke-White
Below are a few of the iconic photographs of the great Margaret Bourke-White. I’ve always loved her photographs but when I came upon the aerial photograph of the Boardwalk of Edgemere – Far Rockaway Long Island from a 1954 Life Magazine,it set me on a course of discovery. I was amazed to learn that she began her photographic career in Cleveland, taking many photographs of my great city, from the steel mills to the gardens, bridges and buildings. I went deeper and discovered her lifetime of work which I fell in love with and now share with you.
The photos here and on my online archive are courtesy from the following books:
- Margaret Bourke-White, The Photography of Design 1927-1936, Stephen Bennet Phillips
- Margaret Bourke-White, Photographs 1904-1971, Introduction by Terrence Heath
- Margaret Bourke-White, The Cleveland Years 1927-1930 , The New Gallery of Contemporary Art – Cleveland Ohio
Note: all captions are for photos from left to right
Oliver Chilled Plow, Plow Blades 1930
Royal Typewriter 1932
Otis Steel, 200 Tons, Ladle 1928
Industrial Cable 1930
Lincoln Electric, Sparks 1929
International Harvester, Welding Parts 1933
Chesterfield Cigarette, Barrels, early 1930’s