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Welcome! The photos and recordings in this exhibit showcase the long histories of African-American families in Port Washington.

Lorenzo ‘Sweetie’ Loze and Richy John

Mabel Stevenson, Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church

Sands Point School, 1910

Dorothy Dumpson at Littig House Family Reunion

Members, Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church

Onderdonk Farm Cottage, 1890s

Beatrice Nixon, 1983

Graduating Class, Port Washington High School, 1926

The First Schoolhouse and Church in Port Washington

Unknown, Harbor Road, 1930s

Mt. Zion Church Floral Club, 1950

Mary Louise Eato Making Eggnog at Christmas, 1950

Bea Whiteman and Aunt, Marjorie Biddle, 1983

Unknown

The Dumpsons on Harbor Road, 1920s

Hubert and Ethel Goode in Front of Porch

Lizzie Biddle, 92 Harbor Road, late 1920s

Mt. Zion Church Usher Board, 1950

Nicole Augustine at Littig House Reading the Family Tree, June 1983

Mike Scarpia and “Sparky” Biddle in front of Valley Road Garage

“Smittie,” Irvie and Chet on Harbor Road

Frederick “Sparky” and Minnie Biddle, c. 1950

Beatrice Nixon’s Photo Wall, 1983

Elly Shodell Interviewing Florence Longworth, 1980s

Jessie Mae Goode, 1940s

Hubert Goode at Home, 1983

Stewardess Board, Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, 1963

Unknown, Harbor Road, 1930s

Arnold Ipaminandi, Eagles Team Member, 1950

Gerald Biddle on his Motorcycle, 1960s

Frederick “Sparky” Biddle at Gas Station

Harry Townsend near Valley Road, 1946

The Jets Baseball Team, 1951

Marjorie Biddle with Teddy, 1939

Betty Robertson and Alan Goode, 1910

Marjorie Biddle at the Rockaways, 1918

G.O.P. Barbeque, Manhasset Isle, 1928

Marjorie Biddle at Work, 1920s

Anna Veit and Vernon Francis on Harbor Road, Early 1930s

Marriage of Bea Bass to Wilfred Whiteman, July 4, 1954

Gerald Biddle in Uniform, 1953

Gerald Biddle’s Class, Grade 2, Sands Point School, 1942

Clarence Phillips at Home

Florence Longworth, June 1983

Beatrice Nixon, 1983

Minnie Biddle at Christmas, 1946

Ella Beatrice Russell, 1983

Dorothy Dumpson, 1940

Reverend David Eato, c. 1910

William “Pop” Biddle, 1929

Biddles and Dumpsons off to WWII

Wallace Townsend, 1944

Colored Stars Baseball Team, 1920s

Ethel Saulter, 1983

Theodore Griffin at Work at Ghost Motocycles

Reverend Lillian Frier Webb, Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church

Clarence Phillips and Glenderlyn Johnson at Littig House Community Center, 1983

Member, Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church

Bill “Showboat” Dumpson, Harlem Globetrotters ca.1960’s

William & Minnie Biddle, Harbor Road, c. 1940

1930 School Play

Marjorie Biddle, 1983

John Blount, 1983

Bill Dumpson at Littig House Family Reunion

Margaret Dumpson, 1942

Gerald Biddle’s Class, Grade 2, Sands Point School, 1942

Gerald Biddle, 1983

Dorothy Dumpson, 1983

Florence Longworth at Home

Clarence Phillips and Daughter at Testimonial Dinner, 1985

John Simpkins, Jr. at Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church

Sam Eato with “Buddy” at Manhasset Bay School, July 5, 1947

Helen Austin at Home

John, Palmer, Frank and Harry Taking in the Sun

Hubert Goode Working at Greenfield Pharmacy, 1940s