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Hackett StoreA general store and post office in 1920 north of the railroad, west of Broadway.
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Hansults Bakery - 1903Hansults Bakery Located on Broadway and Baldwin Place. (Evelyn Keuchler Auer)
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Hardman's Auto Electric Inc.Auto repair, 250 Broadway
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Harts Bethpage Pharmacy/Harts Bymore"Bethpage Oldest Pharmacy" Closed October 10, 2002 due to a King Kullen expansion which required additional space in the shopping center..
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Haypath RoadFrom Farmers Avenue to Bethpage Road in Plainview. Originated by Farmers in the area for farm operations.
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Hayes InnEast side of Broadway, south of the railroad tracks. Also known as Colonial Bar and Grill, Sengstacken General Store and served as movie theater and a bowling alley in the 1920's and 1930's
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Hempstead BankBethpage Office 249 Broadway. Now Occupied by St. Vincent DePaul Offices.
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Henaghan, William F.Born in November, 1951, William Henaghan joined the Army to serve the US efforts against the North Vietnamese aggression. He went through intensive combat training and quickly rose to the rank of Specialist 4. Trained as a Combat Infantryman, William arrived into South Vietnam in January, 1972.
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Henn, ElmerCarpenter and Builder. Park Ave. (THE CENTRAL PARK NEWS 10/3/29)
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Hickey, Brian
A volunteer firefighter in Bethpage, where he grew up,
married his high school sweetheart and had four children: Danny, 23;
Dennis, 18; Jaclyn, 16; and Kevin, 10. He became a New York City firefighter
about 1980(?) and commanded Rescue Company 4, which rushes to every
major fire in Queens, not to fight flames, but to save trapped civilians
and firefighters. He was killed in the WTC terrorist attack on Sept.
11, 2001. Grumman Road East is now named Hickey Blvd. On November 11, 2003, the Bethpage Post Office was named to honor Brian Hickey by an act of Congress, Public Law 108-117. |
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Hickey, RaymondA 1976 graduate of Bethpage High School. A volunteer for the Bethpage Fire Department since 1976, Raymond was a videotape editor and he worked on highlight package and opening segments spots for CBS Sports during the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and for NBC Sports during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. As reported by CBS Sportscaster, Pat O'Brien, "an editor in the picture business is very important. He had a lot of energy. A tireless worker, he would sit in the room all night long. He was meticulous". Raymond also edited the 1993 World Figure Skating Championship in Prague, Czech Republic. He was under contract for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. He worked on ABC Monday Night Football opening segment featuring country and western singer, Hank Williams Jr, which earned him the International Monitor Award in 1990 for best editor. Raymond also produced and directed "FDNY: Brothers in Battle", a documentary about New York City Fire Department in action. The documentary aired on A & E Network in April 1992. Raymond died of cancer, September 23, 1993. He was survived by father Raymond, mother Florence, brother Brian, sisters Mary Truelson and Loretta Petronzi.
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Historic MarkersOn Sunday, May 23, 1999 members of the Central Park Historical Society dedicated its first historic marker. President Lenny Mulqueen, members of the society together with family and friends of the Wilson family gathered to acknowledge the world famous Beau Sejour Restaurant. The location of the Beau Sejour was on the corner of Central Ave. and Stewart Ave. Pictured are Pauline and Kay Wilson wives of Edward and Paul owners of the Beau Sejour. On June 22, 2003 The Central Park Historical Society unveiled their second historic landmark located on Central Ave. and Grumman Road East. The marker memorializes the role of the Grumman Corporation in Bethpage from 1936 – 1994. The location marks the Grumman airfield and entrance to Plant #1. Plant #1 is where the famous F4F-3 Wildcat, Navy Fighter was built and flew from the airfield. The F4F-3 played a major role in World War II. Pictured are members of the Central Park Historical Society: George Hoban, Councilman Joseph Muscarella, Bob Albertson, Rose Walker, Ann Albertson, CPHS President Lenny Mulqueen, Laura Mulqueen, Legislator Ed Mangano, Mary Morgan, Ernie Finamore and Carmine DeStefano. Dedication of the marker at the entrance to Grumman Plant #2 took place on June 27, 2004. The marker was purchased by the Grumman Retiree Club of Bethpage to acknowledge the important role Grumman Plant #2 played in World War II. The marker relates the happenings that took place during the festivities, with an open house for employees and family, to celebrate the formal openings of Plant #2 on December 7, 1941. The festivities were cut short when Clint Towl received word Pearl Harbor was attacked. The guests were ushered off the grounds in an orderly fashion, and when the last visitor left the area the gates were shut and Grumman was off limits for the duration. Grumman started production of the Hellcat Fighter Plane in Plant #2. On Memorial Day, 2005, a Historic Marker was dedicated to acknowledge the location of the Central Park Fire Department on Stewart Avenue. The marker was proudly purchased by the Bethpage Fire District.
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Hobby Nursery59 Dorothy St. Source: Bethpage Little League Score Card 1953
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Holzmacher, Gustave, E.In 1890 Gustave E. Holzmacher and Hermine Sophie Reinecke immigrated to America from Germany and married. They had three children, Margarethe (Margaret), Henry Gustave (Gus), and Alfred. Gustave died suddenly in 1911. From the writings in the CENTRAL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL by Robert Holzmacher Holzmacher, H.G. (Henry Gustav) - Gustave (Gus) worked as a machinist and in 1923 he obtained a position with an internationally prominent consulting engineering firm of Fuller & McClintock of N. Y. In 1925-1926 the firm was to oversee the installation of the Glen Cove Sewer System. In 1926 he married Grace Emily Leslie. He was put in charge of the sewer system for Oyster Bay Hamlet. His professional career continued to move forward despite the great depression. In 1929 he was awarded the advanced Civil Engineering degree by Cooper Union. In 1932 he received his land surveyors license and the same year he was elected as Water Commissioner for the Central Park Water District. His fellow commissioners were George Baldwin and Robert J. Chapel and they immediately elected chairman of the board in light of his extensive municipal waterworks experience. He was laid off as the depression deepened and he went to work for the L. I. State Park Commission and was put in charge of construction of the Goose Creek Bascule Bridge a vital part of the Jones Beach State Park project which was then underway. Several years later he went to work in the Nassau County Department of Public Works, division of Water Resources. Sometime in the mid 1930's Gus was elected to the Central Park Library Board and once again he was elected chairman. He started his engineering and surveying business in 1933 from his home on Stewart Ave. In 1935 he was retained as consulting engineer to the South Farmingdale Water District. Gus was active on the committee that approached Grumman to move its operation to Bethpage in 1936. He was also active on the committee that spearheaded the name change from Central Park to Bethpage in 1936. Subsequently he was retained by Grumman to do virtually all the land surveying associated with the company's land acquisitions in Bethpage in the 1930's and 40's. Gus left the position with the Nassau County Department of Public Works in June 1944. At this time Grumman awarded him a major assignment to provide all surveying services in conjunction with the construction of new runways. This was at the peak of the war effort and time was of essence. Within several weeks he had twenty men working on the project. Within months he was down to one man and struggled along until the war ended and peacetime construction started in earnest. In 1947 he moved his office to temporary quarters in Hicksville. In 1948 he moved into the old frame house at 66 W. Marie St. where he would conduct his business for the next thirteen years. That was the same year that he was the supervising engineer on the construction of the new Bethpage Firehouse on Broadway. In 1951 Gus resigned as Commissioner of the Bethpage Water District and was retained as Consulting Engineer to the district. In June 1960 the firm of H. G. Holzmacher and Associates constructed a new office headquarters on Rt. 110 in Melville. In December of 1960 Gus proudly presided over the gala office opening at which many Long Island Water Works officials attended. In March 1961 Gus suffered a heart attack and died in Mid Island Hospital. Several years after Gus Holzmacher's death, the firm he founded, Holzmacher, McLendon and Murrell was the consulting engineer for the for the design and construction of the Bethpage Community Park. The firm has also been continuously involved in all major projects of the Bethpage Water District from 1951 to 2002. From the writings in the CENTRAL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL by Robert Holzmacher Holzmacher, Robert - Son of Henry Gustave (Gus) Holzmacher and Emily Leslie Holzmacher. Bob graduated from Farmingdale High School in 1945 and entered the New York State Maritime Academy. At the academy he received his Naval Reserve Commission and Coast Guard License in 1947. He attended Hofstra College and graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1951 with a degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering. He started his first full time job as assistant engineer at the Long Island Water Corporation in Lynbrook, L. I. Two years later he joined his father's firm in Hicksville. From 1953 the firm grew rapidly as the construction boom enveloped Long Island. In 1955 Bob married American Airline Stewardess, Ardith Hammons and they established their home in Amityville. In 1956 Bob was awarded his professional engineers license. In 1957 he received his Master of Civil Engineering Degree from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and in 1958 he was awarded his land surveyors license. From the writings in the CENTRAL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL by Robert Holzmacher Holzmacher, June - Daughter of Henry Gustave (Gus) Holzmacher and Emily Leslie Holzmacher - June graduated Hicksville High School in 1950, attended Farmingdale Technical College, married Arthur R. Galli of Floral Park and settled in Levittown From the writings in the CENTRAL PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL by
Robert Holzmacher
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Holzmacher, AElectrical Work
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HotelsMaurvis (no. of rr) and Deubel's (so. of rr)
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Howell Stores Inc.Family '5&10' store and $1.00 and up. 349 Broadway Source: Bethpage Little League Score Card 1953
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Hubbs HouseThe address of the Hubbs House is #1 Farmers Avenue at the corner of Stewart Avenue. The house is c. 1820, Federal Style. The central section of the house is two stories high, with an attic. There are two chimneys, one at each end of the central section, north and south. In the attic story, on either side of the chimneys are small square windows, two over two. All other windows in the section are rectangular. In the late 1800's, a bay window and Victorian prostyle portico with four columns were added to the front, or eastern wall. These were later removed. On the northern wall is a one-story addition, also with an attic section. This was extant at least in l900, and may have been a part of the original structure. On the southern part of the central section is a fairly new addition. It has a flat roof with a railing about its edge, and is basically in harmony with the rest of the building. Joshua Hubbs owned the house from the time it was built until his death late in the 19th century, when it went to his son, George. In l906 Greater City Homes Co. bought it. In 1911 the next owner was Margaret Flaherty. In l945 George and Rachel Underhill purchased Hubbs House. In 1955 Bertel and Marie Underdahl became the proprietors. In l961, Vincenzo D'Accolti purchased it. The same family owns it to this writing in 2000.
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Imperial Manor
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Irwin Foster HomesSee Foster
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Island Trees
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Italian FamiliesArea between Stewart Avenue and the Grumman Corporation and between the Railroad Tracks and the Community Park to the north.
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Jackman, ClaireClaire Jackman, 65, was pronounced dead at the Nassau Univesity Medical Center in East Meadow on January 2, 2001. She was shot by her ex-husband, Winthrop Jackman, 68, after an argument at their home on Coronet Crescent. (See articles in Newsday, 01/03/01 and 01/04/01.)
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Janes Who Made the PlanesSee Rosie the Riveters.
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Jarvis, RuthLived on SE corner of Powell and Broadway. The house was moved to Barbara Street and Broadway.
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Jens Florist1957- Harrison Ave. Bridal Flowers, Corsages, Funeral Designs. 104 Harrison Avenue
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Jensen, Niels (Nick) P. and Edith L. ErickssonNiels P. Jensen was born in Denmark in the 1880's and left home at the age of fourteen going to sea. Nick entered the United States through Seattle, Washington. Edith L. Ericksson was born in Sweden and immigrated to the USA at about the age of twenty one. Nick became a steel worker when he entered the USA eventually working on the Empire State Building in NYC from foundation to mooring mast. Also, Hell Gate power house, Miami Federal Building and the Toledo Post Office. At the start of WWII he and Herb were in the trucking business. Edith worked as a family cook to the rich until they met and married. I have the wedding certificate. During WWII Nick was enlisted to assist in the construction of our Navy base in Trinidad. While a tower on the island was sabotaged and Nick was enlisted to help to rebuild the same. For his efforts on the island of Trinidad I have a letter to Nick thanking him for his work from Chaguaramas Terminals Limited at Point Gourde. He was also awarded the Army/Navy "E" Products Award for Excellence in Outstanding Performance in War Time. Another Commendation he received was from the U.S. Shipping Board in 1918 by Edward Hurley for "ship building". Niels and Edith first lived in the house known as 720 Stewart Avenue about 1920/1921 until he finished building their house on Floral Avenue where they raised eight children listed next: Ruth, Herbert, Ethel, Gloria, Edna, Edith, Warren, and Eunice. In 1950 Nick and Herb started Jensen Brothers Beverage Service establishing the business in a building of Henry Schaaf Lumber Company "On" Seaman Avenue. Warren joined the endeavor in 1952 upon discharge from the Navy. Eunice and I married and I worked for them until 1968 when Nicks share was transferred to me prior to his death. In 1964 the property now known as 441 Central Avenue was purchased and a building erected. Warren died in 1979 leaving Herb and I to operate it. In August 1982 Herb and I sold the business and in 1987 the land followed. Respectfully submitted by Dave Nelson
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Jensen Brothers
Distributors of Beer and Soda, all Popular Brands, Kegs,
Can, Bottles - Prompt Source: Bethpage Little League Score Card
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Jerusalem StationAbout 1841 the name was given to the Rail Road Staition because it serviced those who utilized the stop from Jerusalem (the area now known as Wantagh)
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Jewish SynagogueSee Bethpage Jewish Community Center
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John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolHistorical Pictures of the School. Click on the text to go. Dedicated c1956
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Johnson, Henry W.A resident of Bethpage and was a Guidance Councilor at the Bethpage High School. He came to the Bethpage Schools in 1962 and he passed away November 18, 1983 He had the reputation of being compassionate, understanding, resourceful, and dedicated to those he counseled as well as his colleagues. His speciality was finding solutions, and sticking with a particular student and his difficulties. He never let a case go by him unresolved. He also gave his talents to his position as a counselor at Hofstra University. (Information obtained from Rosalie Walsh Niemczyk Memoriam to Henry Johnson in the BETHPAGE TRIBUNE)
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Jolly RogersCorner of Hicksville Road and Hempstead Turnpike. Five 1/2 acre amusement park and restaurant.
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Jones, JamesJim attended Powell Avenue School, and as an adult pursued his career as a science teacher in Port Washington High School. Jim became known as "The Birdman of Bethpage" because of his studies of the Great Horned Owls and Red-tailed Hawks that call the Bethpage State Park home. In the February 2005 issue of the Conservationist magazine, a very special year at Bethpage was chronicled by Jim, and the article was called "The True Champions of Bethpage State Park".
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Kaiser, "Tony" AntonWife Mim and 3 sons Bethpage residents. Tony charter member of the Bethpage sponsored Farmingdale Kiwanis Club. An organization dedicated to service of others. Tony rose through the rank from local club President to hold state office and served on key committees. Tony and Mim traveled world-wide when he served as President of Kiwanis International 1987-88.
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Karopczyc, Stephan E. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company A, 2d
Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Kontum
Province, Republic of Vietnam, 12 March 1967. Entered service at:
Bethpage, N.Y. Born: 5 March 1944, New York, N.Y.
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K&OMakers of fine metal novelties. Made many souveniers which were sold nationally. Located south of Hempstead Turnpike on Stewart Avenue.
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Kessler Glass WorksIn l939 Warren Kessler built a factory on the site of the Feuchsel Pickle Works, located north of the railroad tracks, east of Broadway. This company manufactured lamps and lighting units for all the American embassies around the world. Exquisite Kessler lamps were included in the remodeling of the Truman White House. Motto in l946 "What Bethpage Makes - Makes Bethpage." Warren L. Kessler, Inc. Manufacturers of lamps and decorative accessories. Known throughout the nation for exquisite glass products. In the year 2000, a CVS drug/convenience store was built on the site of the Kessler factory.
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Khan, MarcDied March 9, 2003 from injuries sustained in a automobile accident. Andrew D'Amico also died in the car crash. Andrew L. Nardone, the driver, died April 8, 2003. See Newsday March 10, 11 and 12, 2003.
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King, Peter T. Rep (R)Peter King was born April 5, 1944. He received a B.A. in l965 from St. Francis College and graduated from University of Notre Dame (J.D.) in l968. He was in the Army National Guard from 1968 to l973. After various political offices he was elected Representative from the Third Congressional District which includes Bethpage, in l992.
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King KullenMichael J. Cullen opened America's first supermarket in a garage on Jamaica Ave., Jamiaca, Queens on August 4, 1930. Here Mr. Cullen had the opportunity to utilize his innovated ideas for improving grocery stores. He provided the first self serve concept in a store that had seperate departments for its merchandise which resulted in lower prices. Within six years, King Kullen was a chain of 17 stores in Queens and Nassau County. Today King Kullen has approximately 50 stores throughout Long Island and Staten Island, and remains a family run business. King Kullen came to Bethpage on Stewart Avenue and Bethpage is proud to have its corporate headquarters located on Central Avenue. (Information on NEWSDAY, 'It Happened on New York'.)
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Klingelhoeffer, HermanButcher shop, now hardware store (was also across the street, between Baldwin Place and railroad).
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Klingelhoeffer, JimSon of Herman Klingelhoeffer and also Scoutmaster of Bethpage Troop #118.
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Knapp, John
Born on August 27, 1918
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Knights of ColumbusHall located on Central Avenue. Former property of Schwartz Greenhouses.
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Koch AgencyOriginally "Mau.. Hotel Bldg."
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Koehler, HenrySon of the owner of the local grocery store on Central Ave. Later the store was run by the Weber family.
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Korean Presbyterian Church (see Arumdaun Presbyterian Church)
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Kramer, FredMember of The Board of Education and played semi-professional baseball for The Bethpage Bears. (Bethpage History by Rosalie Walsh Niemczyk) President of School District # 21 Board of Education. Also, a volunteer for the Bethpage Fire Department.
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Kranz-Lane, AliceBorn in parents home on Central Ave. in 1912. Never lived anywhere but Bethpage. Still living there with daughter (3rd generation Bethpage) on Barbara St. Possibly the oldest original resident of Bethpage as of this writing (July 2, 2001).
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Krumholz, RonaldIn June 1964 Ronald started working with the Garden City Park Water District as a meter reader and hydrant painter. In 1966 he enlisted for active duty in Vietnam. There the 'Sea Bees' were in charge of the Water Treatment and Filtration System for the troops. They brought the pipelines in themselves and he supervised that project. He returned to Garden City Park as Assistant Superintendent and Ron was instrumental of the first air stripper to be used in New York State. Mr. Krumholz came to the Bethpage Water District in 1981 where he has overseen many improvements to the district. The improvements included the upgrading of buildings and facilities throughout the district, installing air-strippers at Grumman Plants, and the construction of a new 1.5 million gallon elevated storage tank. He retired the end of 2003. (Taken from the BETHPAGE TRIBUNE January 3-9, 2003)
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Ku Klux KlanIn the early 1920's the Klan was active in the area. (LONG ISLAND OUR STORY)
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Kunzig, DonnaAuthor of "Bethpage 1957-1987 - A Generation of Growth and Development"
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Kunzig, LeonardFormer councilman of the Town of Oyster Bay.
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