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

Port Washington, NY - Page 2

The Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society is here.

Port Washington Main Street North Hempstead Bank"Bank of North Hempstead - Main Street - Port Washington" mailed in 1908. The card on the right is the same vintage. This view in the opposite direction shows the First Church of Christ. For a detail of the buildings and church, click here.

Port Washington Main Street Looking East Port Washington Main StLeft: "Main Street Looking East, Port Washington, L. I." showing the Hotel Victoria on the right. Right: "Main Street, Port Washington, L. I." The enlargement is black & white. On the right is the Bank, with many more buildings around it than above.

Port Washington Main Looking East about 1939 Left: "Looking East on Main Street." Signs that can be read are for safe deposit boxes, the 5 & 10, Station Meat Market, and Delicatessen. Right: "Main Street looking towards Manhasset Bay show New Bayles Building."

Main Street Looking West Main Street and Shore RoadLeft: "Main Street Looking West, Port Washington, L. I."

Right: "Main Street and Shore Road". These cards are about the same vintage as those above.


R R Station Square, 1908 Port Washington RR Station and TrainsLeft: "The R. R. Station Square, Port Washington, L. I." mailed in 1908. The station was built in 1898 when the line from Great Neck was extended. The building on the far side is the Hotel Victoria. Right: a later view. This building is still there.

Flower Hill Avenue 1920 Hotel VictoriaLeft: "Flower Hill Avenue, Pt. Washington, L. I." mailed in 1920. This is really Main Street. At the right is the Hotel Victoria and just beyond that is the rail road station. Right: "Hotel Victoria, Port Washington, L. I. Walter Mullon Prop. Publ. By R. Burchard Hults."

Port Washington High School "View of the High School, Port Washington, L. I." The building is still there as a multi-purpose building, including senior residence.

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