FROM HAZELTON'S 1925 HISTORY "THE BOROUGHS OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS, COUNTIES OF NASSAU AND SUFFOLK",
IN 1918 FIVE SIDINGS HAD BEEN INSTALLED FOR AVIATION FIELD NO. 2.
THE HIGH PLATFORM STATION CAN BE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE
IN 1919 THERE WERE AT LEAST NINE WAREHOUSES
IN 1919 THERE WERE AT LEAST NINE WAREHOUSES AND WESTBURY ROAD HAD BEEN CLOSED
BY 1919 WESTBURY ROAD HAD BEEN CLOSED
NEAR TOP ARE HANGARS AND RUNWAYS
THE POST HOSPITAL JUST WEST (RIGHT) OF PREVIOUS PHOTOGRAPH
THESE TWO ENLARGEMENTS SHOW THE POWER HOUSE AND ONE SHOWS THE COAL TRESTLE
FOUR UNITS OF NEW BASE HOUSING ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
LOTS OF U.S. ARMY (?) BIPLANES.
CIRCA 1930 PHOTOGRAPH
THIS ENLARGEMENT SHOWS THE NAME "MITCHEL" IN LARGE LETTERS ON LIGHT BACKGROUNDS ON THE ROOFS OF SIX BUILDINGS (HANGARS?)
DAVE KELLER SENDS ALONG THIS EARLY 1930'S PHOTO OF AN OCEAN ELECTRIC CAR PASSING NEW BASE HOUSING. ONE OF THE LAST 1918 SIDINGS IS GONE AND MEN ARE REMOVING THE SWITCH.