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This special online section combines community profiles with historical snapshots and maps from the turn of the century. Clicking through the section reveals just how much Long Island and Queens have changed over 100 years.

Countless people across many departments in Newsday joined to create this ambitious project. The community profiles were researched and written by Newsday staff writers Rhoda Amon, Bill Bleyer, Molly McCarthy, Tom Morris and Andrew Smith. Also contributing were staff researchers Virginia Dunleavy and Georgina Martorella, and freelance researchers Joan Catz-Wurtzel and Adam Rattiner. Section editor: Richard Firstman. News editors: Larry Striegel and Richard L. Wiltamuth. Photo editor: Jeff Schamberry.

Most of the photos come from the 1909 book "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther. The maps were published in 1906 by E. Belcher, Hyde in Brooklyn. These images -- more than 600 in all -- were scanned and processed by members of the Electronic Prepress Department, led by Ron Chiavaro. They are: Nick Guidice, Jim Gutmann and James Kober. The Internet section was created by Connie Mango, Linda Maleski and other members of the Electronic Publishing department. Producer Linda Paino deserves special thanks for her work on placing the historical photos throughout the section.

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