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  • Collection: Long Island Postcard Collection

Facsimile of a 1942 photograph of barracks and other buildings at Camp Upton. The grounds of the camp are covered in snow. (B&W)

Facsimile of a 1943 photograph of a prisoner-of-war camp at Camp Upton. (B&W)

Facsimile of a 1961 photograph of the west face of the world’s first research reactor to study the composition of matter. (B&W)

View of Port Jefferson Harbor, as seen from a hill overlooking it. Message and addressee information, both handwritten, on verso. (B&W)

Facsimile of a 1914 photograph of a group of men on the Friday night “Daddies’” ferry to Shelter Island. It was known by this nickname as it was usually crowded with men arriving at the end of the work-week. (B&W)

View of cars travelling in both directions on the Northern State Parkway, which is lined by trees with fall foliage. Printed text on verso provides a brief description of the parkway. (Color)

Cars travelling in both directions on the Long Island Expressway. A sign at right reads, “L.I. Expwy - Eastern Long Island.” Printed text on verso provides a brief description of the expressway. (Color)

View, from paddock, of grandstand and homestretch at Roosevelt Raceway. Nine harness horses (with sulkies attached) and their riders are lined up. Text on front reads, “Grandstand and Homestretch from Paddock at Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, Long…

View of a group of soldiers exercising outside barracks at Camp Upton. (B&W)

Facsimile of 1906 photograph of William Luttgen and his mechanican, Joe Marx, in pharmaceutical magnate George McKesson Brown’s Mercedes (#7), on Jericho Turnpike, during the Vanderbilt Cup Race. (B&W)
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