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The card says, "Memorial, erected at Old Field, Setauket, L. I." On the memorial the ships wheel reads "The Hard Chance; Saeem [Salem?] Mass." and below "Captain Weeks; All Lost; Nov 27, 1898 Ashore in Blizzard." I can not find any reference to a ship called Hard Chance. This memorial was on the property that later belonged to Ward Melville. The card was published by The Long Island News Company, Flushing, and mailed in 1907, but was printed before that. |
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"The Oldfield Light." The date 1868 can be clearly seen. This "Feather
Photo" card was mailed in 1911. R. S. Feather was a photographer from Smithtown
Branch. Right: "Road to Old Field Light-House" by Greene, and an old photograph
that was glued to an old postcard of the lighthouse. This peninsula in
Setauket is known as Old Field. Some cards show this as Port Jefferson,
Stony Brook and even Miller's Place. The lighthouse is still there. |
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"Richard Woodhull Homestead at Setauket, Long Island. The rear portion of the house is supposed to have been built in 1655." It is probably this structure that can be seen at the right in the bridge picture below. It burned in 1931. |
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"Setauket Harbor and Bridge; Greene Port Jefferson." To the left is Little Bay. Also known as Little Neck bridge, it was built in 1879 to connect Dyke Road with Bridge Road on Strong's Neck at the far end of the bridge. It was torn down in 1937. The card was mailed by a Strong in 1908. For a scan showing part of the message and the destination post mark, click here. |
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view at the left of Setauket Harbor from Little Bay in March 2002. Projecting
into the water at the left is the end of Bridge Road, shown above from
across the water. |
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 Left:
Strong's Bridge by Greene about 1906.
Right: "The Bridge, Setauket Bay, Setauket, L. I." mailed in 1911. The full card is shown at the right. This is the bridge to Strong's Neck. For a detail area, click here. |
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"Bay View Harbor Estates, Inc. Strong's Neck, Setauket, Long Island, N. Y. On all Long Island there is no finer place than this and no better time to find it out than now." The card was mailed in 1946. The back says, "50 Miles from Broadway." In the right corner is part of Old Field. The road down the middle of Strong's Neck is Maple. The first road from the left that goes toward the shore is Cedar Lane. North is to the right. |
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This Greene photo is labeled "St. George's Manor, Residence of Selah B. Strong, III, Setauket." Mailed in 1909. The house shown was on Strong's Neck. In this view the entrance to Setauket Harbor is at the left. This picture shows the home of Selah B. Strong, III, but it is not St. George's Manor. This house burned in the 1930's, but St. George's Manor still stands. |
