Long Island New York: Long Island Herald, 1955. 12 pages; black and white illustrations; Period Long Island small town news local newspaper, formerly "The Meadow Lark", with local news: St. John's University Opens New Long Island Division; Cakes by Murray Union Turnpike opens; boys invited to become members of the.....
Syosset (and) New York: Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett, 1968. Map compiled by this large engineering firm, still very much in business in Syosset on Long Island; Scale 1" to 7500 feet; on three panels, which are laid-down to masonite backer; approximately 23" x 96" in length (the 'longest' Long Island.....
New York: Long Island Rail Road, 1971. (10) pages; a densely-printed official Metropolitan Transportation Authority pamphlet outlining the extensive history of the Long Island RR; with a short foreword by the then-company president Walter L. Schlager; early days, charter signers for the line, steam cars, the ups and downs of.....
New York: Long Island Rail Road, 1941. Long illustrated printed broadside, about 6" x 18 3/4" size; printed in red with cartoon illustrations on browned paper stock; advertising special summer excursion rates on the Long Island Rail Road to enjoy the amenities of Shelter Island, Peconic Bay, Orient Point, Greenport;.....
40-42 New York Ave. Jamaica, N: T.F. Archer Auctioneer, 1923. Broadside measures approx. 21" x 14"; Archer auctioneers established in 1872, with their eponymous illustrated logo; here auctioning a "...Bungalow consists of Four Rooms and has just been recently built on a plot of ground 50 x 100. It is.....
Long Island New York. Certificate framed and glazed in an old wood surround; with a nice engraved vignette of a gerneric wedding ceremony; The couple were joined in marriage by Minster of the Gospel Thomas G. Osborn; blanks filled in form all in the same very legible hadn in blue.....
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1843. Mostly from the author's writings in the Edinburgh Review, much on biography and classic history; MacAulay (1800-1859) British author...one of the most prolific and popular writers... has been convicted of historical inaccuracy, of sacrificing truth for the sake of the epigram, of allowing personal dislike.....
New York, N.Y. Printed for the Author By the A.M. Bustard Co., 1899. F. 332 pages; with folding plate insert of the articles of Association, the island's 'declaration of independence' signed by member residents during the Revolutionary War and a useful index. With a portrait frontispiece of the author, a......
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1966. F. 318 pages; bibliography, index; interesting appendix with "...lists...culled from seventeenth-century documents...", names of Long Island note; black and white illustrations, map endpapers; chapter information on Indians and place names, colonists & customs, Quakers, the American Revolution, whaling, Walt Whitman and other writers, Fire.....
Hempstead Long Island New York: Not Published, 1852. F. Three small handwritten documents; dated 1852-55-57; Hempstead; John Wilson from John R. Hull for fixing well and chimney; Platt Willett from Hull on a pair of round top sash & fittings; and a small receipt for Fowler estate from James Wright;.....
New York: Not Published, 1856. F. Collection includes c. 70 individual items; mostly involved with clearing the estates of James Wright and that of Nathaniel Pearsall; with many of the documents involving both of these families and heirs from each; interesting accounts of estate contents, will bequests, debts being paid;.....
1798. Eighteenth-century manuscript ordinance dated August 18, 1798 from Col. Wortman Sup'r "Notice is hereby given that all persons are hereby Strictly forbid Cutting or Carrying away any Grass or hay from the Meadow or Marshes Claimed by the town of Oysterbay vefore the 10th Day of September next on.....
Philadelphia, PA: O.W. Gray & Son, 1882. F. One sheet, from the 1882 O.W. Gray National Atlas, New York Edition: Double-page map of Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut, with small inset map of Environs of Boston. Copyright of 1876, engraved by J.M. Atwood. With original hand-coloring in pastel tones, border.....
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work, 1915. 111 pages; Small handbook: "...Containing facts respecting the History, Statistics and Work of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Together with The International Sabbath-School Lessons, Daily Bible Readings, and Weekly Prayer Meeting Topics Edited by Rev. Wm. H. Roberts, D.D......
Waseca, MN: Walter's Cookbooks, 1995. F. 58 + 15 pages; index; breads & rolls, cakes and cookies, desserts, main dishes, soups and salads, vegetables, more; contributors list of names at back; approx. 8 3/4" x 6" size; light wear to spiral-bound wraps; very good condition and good Mattituck-Cutchogue Long Island.....
Riverhead Long Island New York: Town of Riverhead, 1967. F. 52 pages; black and white illustrated throughout with history of the town; chapter material on Origin and Name, Religion, Law, Indians, Transportation & Communication, Education, Economy, more; 8 1/2" x 11" approx. size; original printed stapled paper wrap covers; light.....
Southampton, Long Island New Y: The Town of Southampton, 2005. F. 71 + (8) pages, printed one side only. Black and white illustrations, including maps of the Hampton Bays areas considered in this profile, which was sponsored by the Town of Southampton to complement existing and forthcoming planning initiatives for.....
East Patchogue, NY: Pride Guides, Inc, 1985. F. 132 pages; black and white illustrated throughout; history, details of local interest for Montauk, Long Island - fishing, real estate, yachting, more; good overview of 1980s business in the area, with antique shops, bicycle dealers, charter boats, delis and farm stands, marinas.....
New Bedford: Curteich-Chicago "C.T. American Art" Dist. By New Bedford News Co. 2 postcards both postally used, with 1 cent Washington green profile stamps, canceled Nantucket Sep. 14 1951; one linen-finish, # 104 (street scene), the other glossy, # 1 (church), both color; light wear; very good condition.
Long Island, New York: Nassau County Athletic Association, 1921. (24) page booklet; lists regulations, committee members, events with names of participants; male & female entries; also notes the schools of the athletes; a couple of pencil notations, perhaps indicating the winner of events; running, jumping, relay events; couple of advertisement.....
Newtown New York: 1852. Manuscript map; 14" x 17" approx. size; depicting 11 acre parcel of land, part of which was bounded by the shoreline of Flushing Bay and along which ran the Astoria & Flushing Turnpike Road; at lower left corner is a list of the surveyor's Field Notes.....
Jamaica Long Island New York: Charles S. Watrous, 1842. 19 pages; commemorating the founding of this institution, created after the Revolutionary War; the founders felt deeply about the intertwining of liberty and dissemination of learning: (they) "...well knew the inestimable value of education; they were well aware that popular rights.....
Oyster Bay New York: 1815. Ledger sheet dated Oyster Bay Oct 25th 1815 Daniel Cheshire doing this work for William Wright; content listing for pieces of leather, pair of Morocco uppers, pair of Morocco Bindings, pair of Leather Bindings, making, mending shoes, boots, giving dates of work and prices, account.....
Oyster Bay Long Island: 1877. On lined paper, about 5" x 8" (with 3 blank integral pages as well); dated July 2nd 1877, regarding stud service, with notary signature & statement at bottom, pencilled receipt of payment from Fisher; light wear, old fold lines; very good condition and interesting Oyster.....
Long Island New York: William Longyear. Pencil signed print of this Long Island historic landmark; black and white, image size 6 3/4" x 7 1/2", overall with margins 13 1/2" x 11 1/4", signed in pencil lower right corner; William Llowyn Longyear: Designer, Teacher, born in 1899, lived at Manhasset.....
