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HISTORIC PRESERVATION AT THE BOWNE HOUSE
Learn about the history of historic preservation at the Bowne House Historical Society. Featuring a speech given by NYC Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1945 from inside the Bowne House, to honor the 300th Anniversary of the Flushing Charter.
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Video Credits:
Audio and Transcript by David Silvernail & Emily Vieyra-Haley, Bowne House Educators
Slideshow by Elise Helmers, Executive Director
Video Editing by M. Alan Haley, Tech Support
Extended Audio of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia’s radio address from the Bowne House on October 7th, 1945:
Mayor La Guardia speaks over WNYC, published by New York World-Telegram, 1940 (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division)
Learn more about the Bowne House collection: