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"Port Jefferson Square" probably just before 1920. The new Post Office Building is on the right. The old post office is still on the far side. On the left is fire house with it's bell tower, and the bank with its conical roof. At the head of the street, known as Hotel Square, is Townsend House. It dates back to about 1855. The building has been renovated and modified often over the years, but not torn down. |
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 "First
National Bank, Port Jefferson, N. Y." Mailed in 1910, but printed several
years before (undivided back). This was the corner of Jones Street and
Main Street, but is now the corner of Main Street and East Main Street
(former Main Street). The building is still there, but the one to the right
is not. Right: Hotel Square and bank. |
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"Main Street - Port Jefferson, Long Island, N. Y." The former Jones Street changed dramatically in only a few decades, but the First National Bank of Port Jefferson is still there on the right corner of East Main Street. The tallest building, the post office above (the post office is now on East Main), is still there. Some of the buildings this side of it have been replaced. |
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Jones Street showing the bank on the right with the fire house (tower)
down the street. Right, almost the same view: "Main Street, Port Jefferson,
Long Island, N. Y. This town nestles on the waterfront between the rolling
countryside of the north shore of Long Island." |
"Chas. S. Dickerson. Hardware, Paints, Oils and full line of
Housefurnishings, ..." |
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Main Street dated 1910. Main Street (now East Main Street) curves to the left and Prospect Street goes up the hill. Note the Biddle Fountain, built in 1898, in front of the Baptist Church on the corner. The church is still there. The sign on the pole at the left says "Dreyer & McDermott." On the building next to the church it says (all together) "AHHELME REAL ESTATE." |
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"The Baptist Church and Prospect St. [straight ahead], Port Jefferson,
L. I." Printed before World War I.
Right "Biddle Fountain" in front of the church, before 1907. |
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The Baptist Church in the 1930's. The steeple has been replace and the stairs have been changed to the way they are today. At the left is a sign for Brewster tailoring and men's wear. The building to the left of the church has had some modifications made to it as well. |
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 Main
Street, now East Main, from in front of the Baptist Church looking back
towards the bank about 1906. A telegraph office is on the right. Right:
the same area later. The left says S. B. Slesinger and on the right is
Dare's Drugs and Books. |
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This circa 1909 picture by A. S. Greene of "The Lower Business Section" is not a postcard. The view of Main Street (now East Main) shown in the book Long Island To-Day by Frederick Ruther, 1909, includes more detail than the postcard I have. The Meat store the woman is walking past is now the Good Times Bookshop. |
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"Free Library, Port Jefferson, Long Island, N. Y." Built in 1924, it is still there on East Main Street, on the corner of Thompson, with additions. |
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 "Main
St. from East Broadway." Printed before World War I. The left (east) side
of the street (now East Main) has changed more than the right, but the corner house is still there. |
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This A. S. Greene photo of Water Street where it meets Jones Street was mailed in 1912 (made black and white for clarity). The sign on the top of building at the left says "Harbor View Hotel." On the front of the next balcony is "Federal Brewing Co. Ales & Larger Beer." What looks like a reflection of screens is really the silver in the print. The ship is in the Mather & Wood Shipyard. |
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Top, "Established 1836." At top left, "Where R. H. Wilson Made American's Sails in 1851." Right, "Wilson's Sail Loft To-day Best Equipped in America, Port Jefferson, N. Y." The signs on the building indicate they also made flags and awnings and provided storage. On the back of the card "Aug. 14, 1911" is written along with some addition. This was on Water Street. |
