Plainview-Old Bethpage (Images of America)

About the Author Longtime resident Thomas Carr has gathered over 200 photographs from collections of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation & Museums, the National Archives, historical societies, museums, and private collections.

Plainview-Old Bethpage presents a journey back in time to the Native Americans, the settlers who followed, the farmers who worked the land, and the thousands who came to make a better life for their families. Read about the resident who raised a Confederate flag during the Civil War and drew the ire of his neighbors. They were once quaint farming communities that almost overnight found themselves facing seismic cultural changes. In just 10 years, from 1950 to 1960, the combined population of Plainview and Old Bethpage soared fro

Longtime resident Thomas Carr has gathered over 200 photographs from collections of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation & Museums, the National Archives, historical societies, museums, and private collections.