BRHS Shows the Samuel Winter Thomas Collection

A good turnout for the annual viewing of the Samuel Winter Thomas collection at this month's meeting of the Bay Ridge Historical Society at the Community Room at Shore Hill.

Thomas, a cigar manufacturer who moved to Bay Ridge in 1864 and for 50 years lived in a big wood-framed house on 75th Street and 3rd Avenue, was an avid amateur photographer who chronicled the neighborhood's transition