This vintage linen postcard features a pretty view of the Northport Yacht Club and Northport Harbor. Northport is located on the Northshore of Long Island. The town is at the edge of the Long Island Sound. Connecticut can be seen on the other side of the Sound. Note the wooden boats in the background. The Northport Yacht Club was established in 1899. It was located on Bayview Avenue. The club was established by a group of affluent men who worked in New York City but had second homes in the Northport area. Just a few weeks later a second yacht club, the Independent Yacht Club, was established on Woodbine Avenue. This club was launched for and by the local townspeople. In 1927, the Independent Yacht Club changed it’s name to the Northport Yacht Club. This club closed in 1944 and was replaced by the Edgewater Yacht Club in 1945. The club had no building until 1948. In 1952 the Edgewater club changed it’s name to the Northport Yacht Club. The building seen in this postcard photo is the Northport Yacht Club (formerly the Independent Yacht Club) located on Woodbine Avenue. This card was published by the Tomlin Art Company (Babylon, New York). SOLD
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