ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Special Note: This collection can be viewed online at: https://nyheritage.org/collections/long-island-postcard-digital-collection
Title Long Island Postcard Collection
Collection Number SC 346
OCLC Number 1053889300
Creator Various
Provenance Donated by Cornell Jaray.
Extent,Scope, and Content Note The collection contains approximately 200 black and white, sepia, and color postcards (10 linear
in.) published ca. 1900-1930 that depict places and people on Long Island, New York
(Nassau and Suffolk counties) and New York City (Kings, Queens, and Bronx counties).
Arrangement and Processing Note Processed by Kristen J. Nyitray and graduate student assistants Jian Zhong and Scott
Lesko in July 2002. Finding aid updated and revised by Kristen J. Nyitray in August 2019. Last updated:
July 2020. The collection is organized in two series and then alphabetically within each series.
Series 1: Nassau County and Suffolk County Series 2: New York City
Language English
Restrictions on Access The collection is open to researchers without restriction.
Rights and Permissions Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection
does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole
responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials
to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission
where needed prior to publication.
Citation [Box], [Item], Long Island Postcard Collection, Special Collections and University
Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.
Historical Note Postcards are visual culture that document and communicate points of view, social
norms, and history. In the United States, the act of sending postcards began with
a card postmarked in December 1848 containing printed advertising. The first commercially
produced card was created in 1861 by John P. Charlton of Philadephia. (Source: Wikipedia)
Postcards were a primary medium for communication from the late 1800s to the mid-1950s.
They are ephemeral sources of history and visual culture that document and communicate
points of view, social norms, and history. The golden age of the postcard is considered
to be from 1907 to 1915, spurred by the Universal Postal Union's authorization that
one side of a postcard could be divided to accommodate both an address and a message.
This change allowed one side of the card to be dedicated to imagery.
Subjects Postcards. Postcards -- New York (State) -- Long Island. Postcards -- New York (State) -- Nassau County. Postcards -- New York (State) -- Suffolk County. Postcards -- New York (State) -- Bronx County. Postcards -- New York (State) -- Kings County. Postcards -- New York (State) -- Queens County. Long Island (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs. Long Island (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. Beaches -- New York (State) -- Long Island. Cities and towns -- New York (State) -- Long Island. Beaches. Buildings -- New York (State) -- Long Island. Cities and towns. Manners and customs. Travel. New York (State) -- Bronx County. New York (State) -- Kings County. New York (State) -- Long Island. New York (State) -- Nassau County. New York (State) -- Queens County. New York (State) -- Suffolk County.
INVENTORY
Series 1: Nassau County and Suffolk County
Box 1
Location: Aquebogue Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Babylon Number of Postcards: 4
Location: Baldwin Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Bay Shore Number of Postcards: 9
Location: Camp Upton Number of Postcards: 6
Location: Captree Island Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Centerport Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Center Moriches Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Cold Spring Harbor Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Cutchogue Number of Postcards: 1
Location: East Hampton Number of Postcards: 3
Location: East Islip Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Fire Island Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Farmingdale Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Far Rockaway Number of Postcards: 4
Location: Freeport Number of Postcards: 5
Location: Glen Cove Number of Postcards: 5
Location: Greenport Number of Postcards: 9
Location: Hempstead Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Huntington Number of Postcards: 28
Location: Islip Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Long Beach Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Lindenhurst Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Mattituck Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Melville Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Mineola Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Montauk Number of Postcards: 4
Location: Mount Sinai Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Napeague Beach Number of Postcards: 1
Location: New Suffolk Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Oak Beach Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Ocean Beach Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Oyster Bay Number of Postcards: 4
Location: Patchogue Number of Postcards: 5
Location: Port Jefferson Number of Postcards: 6
Location: Port Washington Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Quogue Number of Postcards: 11
Location: Riverhead Number of Postcard: 3
Location: Roslyn Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Sag Harbor Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Sea Cliff Number of Postcards: 6
Location: Shelter Island Number of Postcards: 3
Location: Shelter Island Heights Number of Postcards: 1
Location: South Norwich Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Sound Shore Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Stony Brook Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Wading River Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Water Mill Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Westbury Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Westhampton Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Woodmere Number of Postcards: 1
Series 2: New York City
Location: Arverne Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Astoria Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Brooklyn Number of Postcards: 2
Location: City Island Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Elmhurst Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Far Rockaway Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Flushing Number of Postcards: 3
Location: Forest Hills Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Jamaica, Queens Number of Postcards: 8
Location: Manhattan Beach Number of Postcards: 4
Location: Richmond Hill Number of Postcards: 3
Location: Rockaway Number of Postcards: 1
Location: Rockaway Beach Number of Postcards: 6
Location: Rockaway Park Number of Postcards: 2
Location: Woodhaven Number of Postcards: 1
Location: untitled Number of Postcards: 3
Box 2
Original scrapbook which housed postcards: green cloth; 10" x 15"
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