Selections From My Postcard Collection
These pages contain scans of old postcards I have collected of places I have lived and liked.

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Nassau County, New York

Manhasset, NY - Page 1

Sources of history include Manhasset the First 300 Years; a Tri-Centennial Project of the Manhasset Community Liaison Committee, 1980

Manhasset RR tunnelLeft: R. R. Trestle, Manhasset, pre-1907.

Right: "R. R. Tunnel at Manhasset." The signs advertise Willys-Knight and Ford cars, plus the Playhouse with "Bigger and Better" Vaudeville.

R. R. Bridge The trestle between Great Neck and Manhasset. Right: "L. I. R. R. Bridge, Manhasset" mailed in 1908. Check out the outhouse detail.

Manhasset RR Station 1937 Left: "R. R. Station, Manhasset, L. I." the refurbished station is still there as part of the Port Washington line. Right: from the tracks.

Plandome Road 1909 Plandome Road 1924"Plandome Raod" - yes it's spelled wrong. Mailed in 1909. The wrought iron railing is over the rail road tracks. This is looking north with the train station behind you and stores in front. The curve is the one you see below from the opposite direction. Right: also Plandome Road, mailed in 1924. At the right is a drug store.

Plandome Road, Manhasset, NY c1945Left: Main Street with Fox Brother on the left corner. Right: "Plandome Road Looking South" mailed 1945. The Road to Zanzibar with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby is playing at the air conditioned movie theater, which is still there.

Manhasset Broadway Manhasset Post OfficeLeft: "Broadway, Manhasset, L. I." Not mailed. Right: Post Office Manhasset. This is the same building from the other direction. Signs are for a telephone pay station and laundry. This real photo card has an undivided back.

Friends Meeting House, Manhasset "Friends Meeting House, Built in 1702, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y." This is still there on Northern Boulevard (Rt. 25A) at the intersection of Shelter Rock Road. Not mailed, but changes have been made since this was taken.

"Dutch Reformed Church" now known as the Community Reformed Church of Manhasset. Built by Dutch farmers in 1732, replaced in 1816 and destroyed by fire. The present church building on Plandome Road was finished in 1898 and has an active congregation.

Fire Hall, Manhasset "Fire Hall, Manhasset, L. I." mailed in 1909. This is the Hill and Valley Fire House, which was on Plandome Road from 1912 to 1921.

Town Hall, Plandome Rd, Manhasset, NY Town Hall LaterHempstead Town Hall, Manhasset, NY. The picture at the left was apparently taken when the building was new. For an enlargement of the building click here. The wings and the belfry were added later.

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