Postcard and slide collection, 1900-1987.

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Postcard and slide collection, 1900-1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155546168

Postcards of local street scenes, hotels, businesses, trolley, Long Island Railroad, and churches, 1900-1917; and slides of buildings, boating, the beach, homes, mills, and shipwrecks, 1920-1987.

ca. 160 items.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6882485

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Long Island Railroad Company.

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