The Cow Neck Peninsula Historical
Society is here.
"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.
Left:
"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.
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."
Left:
"Main Street Looking West, Port Washington, L. I."
Right: "Main Street and Shore Road".
These cards are about the same vintage as those above.
Left:
"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.
Left:
"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."
"View of the High School,
Port Washington, L. I." The building is still there as a multi-purpose
building, including senior residence.