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- Collection: Selected Long Island Business and Industry Materials
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LILCO's (Long Island Lighting Company) Glenwood Generating Station, exterior view
LILCO's (Long Island Lighting Company) Glenwood Generating Station, exterior view, at Glenwood Landing, N.Y. (Note: At one time, the station was considered to be Long Island's main electric generating plant.)
Position: 6 (26 views)
Milkman with a full bottle carrier in his hand, standing in the door of his delivery truck on a snowy day
Milkman with a full bottle carrier in his hand, standing in the door of his delivery truck on a snowy day. "GlenHead, N.Y. OR. 6-8500" is printed on the side of the truck.
Position: 13 (17 views)
Mr. Gardner receipt for purchase of grain, rum, and machine oil from F. Herzog, 1870
Receipt for payment of $11.40 made by Mr. Gardner [most likely John B. or William Garner, Sr.] to F. Herzog, at Hicksville, N.Y., for the purchase of grain, rum, and machine oil. [Gardner was an alternate spelling for "Garner."] Note: William and…
Position: 2665 (5 views)
Mr. Garner receipt for purchase of bricks from Monfort, Powell & Bro., 1868
Receipt for payment of $52.80 made by Mr. Garner [would most likely have been John B. or William Garner, Sr.] to Monfort, Powell & Bro., Brick Manufacturers, at Mineola, N.Y. The payment was for purchases totaling 4, 800 bricks. Note: William and…
Position: 3355 (4 views)
Mr. Garner receipt for purchase of grains from Joseph W. Clark, Dealer in all Kinds of Agricultural Implements, Fertilizers and Coal, 1876
Receipt for payment of $7.59 made by Mr. Garner [most likely John B. Garner] to Joseph W. Clark, Dealer in all Kinds of Agricultural Implements, Fertilizers and Coal (Bellmore, N.Y.), for the purchase of grain. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner…
Position: 594 (8 views)
Mr. Garner receipt for purchase of guano from D.B Smith & Son, 1857
Receipt for payment of $57.31 made by Mr. Garner [would most likely have been John B. or William Garner, Sr.] to D.B. Smith & Son for the purchase of guano. The location written at the top of the receipt is Smithville, which was later Smithville…
Position: 1056 (7 views)
Nassau and Suffolk Lighting Company advertisement concerning the installation of gas lights
Nassau and Suffolk Lighting Company advertisement concerning the installation of gas lights. The company had offices in Freeport, Rockville Centre, and Hempstead, N.Y.
Position: 102 (11 views)
Oakley & Griffin (carriage and cart makers), advertising card, c.1890s
Advertising card for Oakley & Griffin, Successors to H.M. Willis, Fine Grade Carriages, Wind Mills & Farm Machinery, East Williston, L.I., N.Y.
Position: 102 (11 views)
P-47 Thunderbolt (made by Republic Aviation Corporation) kerchief (bandana), with date "Oct. 3, 1943" handwritten on it
P-47 Thunderbolt (made by Republic Aviation Corporation) kerchief (bandana), with date "Oct. 3, 1943" handwritten on it. (Note: During World War II, over 9,000 P-47s were manufactured at the Republic Aviation plant in East Farmingdale, N.Y.)
Position: 3 (36 views)
Photostatic copy of an 1830 certificate for five shares of stock in the President, Directors and Company of the Bethpage Turnpike Road, n.d.
Photostatic copy of an 1830 certificate for five shares of stock in the President, Directors and Company of the Bethpage Turnpike Road, n.d.
Position: 594 (8 views)