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 Left:
"Fireman's Hall, Great Neck" mailed in 1912. Right: "Fire House of Alert
Co. No. 1" shows some significant modifications to the building. The Alert
Engine Hook and Ladder and Hose Company No. 1 was founded in 1900. |
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Left:
"Fireman's Hall, Great Neck" mailed in 1912. Right: "Fire House of Alert
Co. No. 1" shows some significant modifications to the building. The Alert
Engine Hook and Ladder and Hose Company No. 1 was founded in 1900. |
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 Left:
1911 Alert Hose Company in front of original building. Right: Vigilant
Engine Hook and Ladder & Hose Co., Great Neck Station, about 1915.
This was the other Fire Department started at the beginning of the 20th
century. Published by George A Duck, General Store. The
sign indications ? of ?? meets here. |
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 Left:
"Business Section Plaza, Great Neck, Long Island, N. Y." This building,
known as "Grace Building," is still there across from the railroad station.
Not mailed. Probably taken in the late 1930's. Right: "Country Club, Great
Neck, L. I." mailed in 1913. |
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This train station in Great Neck was built in 1883. This was the end of the line originally. It started in Woodside and was extended to Port Washington in 1898. The line now goes directly into Penn Station. |
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 Left:
"R. R. Station, Great Neck." mailed in 1929. This station was built in
1924 and has since been renovated.
Right: After the grade crossing was eliminated in 1935. |
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"No. 5 - Public Schoolhouse, Thomaston, L. I." It was built in 1905. Thomaston is a village of Great Neck above Lake Success. |
"Udall's
Mill, ... 125 years old." Mailed in 1907.
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 Right:
The modern chrome card of the same mill says on the back, "Saddle Rock
Grist Mill. One of the oldest tidal grist mills in America, the mill was
built before 1700. It has been restored to its working condition as of
the mid 1800's, by the Nassau County Historical Museum. Located on Grist
Mill Lane in Saddle Rock, in the Great Neck, N. Y. area, the mill is open
to the public." |
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"How We Do Things at Great Neck, N. Y.", copyrighted Oct. 30, 1909. This is a typical exaggeration card of "Our Corn" over-stamped for the specific location (which was probably not producing much corn). It was mailed in Great Neck in 1911. |
