Port Washington Library Foundation 2006 Inspiration Gala Honorees
Susan Isaacs
Novelist, Essayist and Screenwriter
Community Leadership Award
Port Washington Library Foundation 2006 Inspiration Gala Honorees
F. William Schmergel
Schmergel Enterprises
Corporate Leadership Award
Port Washington Library Foundation 2006 Inspiration Gala Honorees
Dr. Charles Rogers
Chair, PWPL Health Advisory Council
Community Leadership Award
The Port Washington Public Library Foundation provides
ongoing support for the Family Place, the Local History Center
and other building and programming enhancements.
We are proud to be a “Family Place Library”
Early Childhood Workshop
Parents play and speak to resource professionals
Family Story Hour
The Family Place offers parenting information and support, early childhood workshops, and literacy
intervention.
Parent Child Home Program
Graduation Day!
Another Happy Graduate!
Funding from the PORT WASHINGTON LIBRARY
FOUNDATION enables us to serve the community as a
repository of rare and valuable historical information.
Check signed by S. L. Hewlett, 1897
These slides represent the work of the LOCAL HISTORY
CENTER of the Port Washington Public Library, which is
dedicated to preserving and making accessible the
photographs and documents of our past.
Roosevelt Field, 1930s
Main Street School Play, 1930
Duck Hunters, circa 1900
Driver, Guggenheim Estate, circa 1920
Biddle, Dumpson & Townsend Family Members After WWII
Ventura Air Service Dock
Collecting started more than 100 years ago, when the
Woman’s Club of Port Washington was formed.
Before the present day library existed, volunteers created an archive of tax records, maps,
papers, political records, diaries and photographs.
Laura Ingalls in Ryan monoplane, which she flew from Los Angeles to Roosevelt Field in
the 1930s.
Evan Rumbelow and Helen McKay’s Wedding Day, 1927
Workers’ families at Bourke Cockran Estate, Sands Point 1910
Today, the Library Foundation helps fund the Local History Department’s many diverse
projects.
Archivist Carol Clarke
Sally Olds with Dr. Maurice Teitel and Dr. Charles Rogers,at work on a Medical Oral History project.
Archival Consultant Francesca Pitaro
Donation of Schreiber High School Gambol Collection
Residents for a More Beautiful Port Washington Archive opens
‘At Last!’ students at work on maritime flag project
Librarian Lori Gerbasi at work in Local History Center
Elly Shodell reviews historical documents with Fire Chief Peter Zwerlein
The LOCAL HISTORY CENTER continues to provide a safe haven for the materials that were bequeathed to us for
safe-keeping over the generations.
Workers pose at Phoenix Sand Bank, 1910
Steam shovel crew, 1930
Growing up in the sandbanks, 1940s
Improvements to the Library parking lot were made possible by the Library
Foundation.
The Library Foundation also
funded the dramatic
improvements made to the
Lapham Meeting Room sound
system following the library’s renovation.
Thanks to the Port Washington Library
Foundation we are now a ‘WiFi Hotspot’!
Patrons taking advantage of the Library’s wireless Internet access
Cocktail Reception SponsorBernard and Irene Schwartz
Dinner Sponsors:Donald DrapkinKenneth LipperMarcia Riklis
Entertainment SponsorSalerno Brokerage Corporation
Program and Scroll of Honor SponsorMarvin and Elyse Tepper
Honoree Gifts Compliments of:A Friend
Effects of Color
Falconer’s Florist
Ruth Feingold
Guarino Graphics
The Port Washington Garden Club
Ted Rosenthal
Jourdan Urbach
The Port Washington Library Foundation would also like to send special thanks to:
Leonard Wurzel, Elkan Abramowitz, Chuck Berger … and the Gala Committee
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