Advertisement for George Wheeler, a livery stable and stage line operator, located in Northport, N.Y. Wheeler provided coaches for parties, funerals, and weddings. He also boarded horses by the day or month.
Promise to pay note for seven pounds and ten shillings from Isaac Conklin to Joseph Birdsall for the purchase of a horse. Note: Birdsall owned a general store in Jerusalem (present-day Wantagh), N.Y. He was also a surveyor, a partner in a grist mill,…
“Greetings from” postcard with image of a farmer plowing a field with a walking plow pulled by two horses. Message and addresses information, both handwritten, on verso. (Color)
Facsimile of a c.1890s photograph of Long Island Express drivers standing alongside their wagons at the Hempstead Long Island Railroad station on Fulton Avenue. The company handled local baggage and express deliveries.
American soldier in World War I uniform, standing with horse at the northeast corner of Franklin Street and Fulton Avenue. Possibly a member of a military funeral procession.
View of a Secretariat, with blanket of white carnations over his withers and jockey Ron Turcotte up, surrounded by crowd in the winner’s circle after winning the Triple Crown at the Belmont Park Racetrack. Printed text on verso describes image on…