The work of Clifford De Bear, longtime Newsday photographer

This is Cliff De Bear's iconic aerial photo, taken in 1947, of new Levittown homes. 

Undated picture showing the Verrazzanno-Narrows Bridge under construction.

At the Health Department Clinic on North Franklin Street in Hempstead, Sheila Fenning, left, 16, of Hempstead, holds Patricia Webster, 6 months, as her twin sister Felecia is weighed by Ann Root, of Uniondale, 16.

Barbers Bruno De Paola, left, of College Point, and Tony Coviello, of the Bronx, prepare 1-year-old twins Johnny and Joseph Przybyszewski for their first haircut in a photo taken on Mar. 13, 1963.

An aerial shot of Jones Beach taken on the Fourth of July in 1964.

On March 20, 1956, workers clear snow from Main Street in Hempstead.

Harness trainer Buddy Regan stands with 3-year-old pacer Edgewater Mann as then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan makes friends with the horse at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury on October 26, 1968.

A street scene on Main Street in Hempstead, taken on July 14, 1954. 

The World's Fair in Flushing-Meadows Corona Park on April 22, 1964

Candidates for census takers are given a test for the job at the Hempstead Armory on March 9, 1960.

The grand opening of the Calderone Theater on North Franklin Street in Hempstead on June 21, 1949.

An aerial view seen on January 26, 1990, of the the Avianca Flight 52 crash site in Cove Neck.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives at LaGuardia Airport for a two day visit to New York on Oct. 20, 1954.

An aerial view of the R.H. Macy's store under construction at Roosevelt Field, taken on Aug. 25, 1955.

This shot taken on June 5, 1969, shows the Long Island Expressway at Exit 65 and the community of Medford. The view is looking east along the expressway.