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Title
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Long Island Postcard Collection
Subject
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Advertising postcards--New York (State)--Long Island.
Business enterprises--New York (State)--Long Island.
Historic buildings--New York (State)--Long Island.
History--New York (State)--Long Island.
Industries--New York (State)--Long Island.
New York (State)--Long Island.
Postcards--New York (State)--Long Island.
Tourism--New York (State)--Long Island.
Description
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The collection is comprised of over 1,750 postcards that range from c.1890s-present. It includes canceled and unmarked postcards that cover a variety of subjects, including advertising, business and industry, historic buildings, scenic views, and popular tourism destinations. Among the types of postcards represented in the collection are undivided and divided back, white border, linen, real photo, photochrom, and large letter postcards. While the majority of the postcards feature views from either Nassau or Suffolk Counties, there are also a number of cards depicting images of Brooklyn and Queens.
Many different postcard printers, including German printers, who dominated the postcard printing market up until the outbreak of World War I, are represented in the collection. All postcards in the collection were published in either sepia tone, color or black and white (B&W).
Note: The collection includes more than five hundred business and industry related postcards, over one hundred of which were processed and digitized with funding from a grant from the Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation.
Publisher
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Hofstra University Library Special Collections
Date
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c.1890s-Present
Contributor
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O'Connor, Michael
Rights
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Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Type
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Postcards
Relation
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Postcard Collection, Hofstra University Special Collections.
Coverage
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Long Island, N.Y.
Nassau County, NY
Suffolk County, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Queens, NY
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials.
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Title
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A Walk in Zachs Bay
Subject
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Jones Beach State Park (Wantagh, N.Y.)
Zachs Bay (Wantagh, N.Y.)
Beaches--New York (State)--Jones Beach State Park
Parks--New York (State)--Jones Beach State Park Walkways--New York (State)--Jones Beach State Park
Signs and signboards--New York (State)--Jones Beach State Park
Description
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View of people on a walkway to Zachs Bay. There are two silhouetted signs (“Bath House” and “Bay Fishing”), both featuring whimsical figures; the Water Tower is visible in the background. Printed text on verso provides detail about Jones Beach State Park. (Sepia)
Creator
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Long Island State Park Commission, copyright 1933. Postcards of Quality—The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Provenance
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The card was part of a pack of Jones Beach State Park souvenir postcards.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
c.1930s
beaches
Jones Beach State Park
Parks
Signs
Walkways
Zachs Bay