Photograph collection, ca. 1860-1990.

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Photograph collection, ca. 1860-1990.

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Photographs and postcards of scenes around Cow Neck, Port Washington and surrounding areas, including Roslyn and Hempstead Harbor, showing houses, boats, farm scenes, mills, roads, lighthouses, hotels, schools, churches, stores, sand mines, country clubs and yacht clubs, Castle Gould, other estates, and the Sands-Willets House. Also portraits and family photo albums, pictures of brass bands, members of the Fire Department, parades, activities of the Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society, bicyclists, swimmers, the Long Island Rail Road, Vanderbilt Cub Races in Manhasset, ca. 1905, and an aviation meet at Mineola, L.I., 1911.

ca. 15 v.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6883700

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society (Port Washington, N.Y.)

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Long Island Railroad Company.

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Commuter railroad service in Brooklyn dates to 1834 and the founding of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) during that year. Originally conceived as a means to connect Brooklyn to Boston, Massachusetts more directly, the LIRR played a significant role in the development and economic growth of Long Island's suburban communities, particularly after the railroad was directly linked to Manhattan in the 1880s. As of 2010, the LIRR is the largest and busiest commuter railroad in the United S...

Castle Gould.

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Sands-Willets House.

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