This vintage postcard features a pretty view of the Northport Yacht Club and Northport Harbor. Although this postcard spells Northport as “North Port”, the card’s spelling is incorrect. It is not unusual for a publisher of postcards to spell the name of a town or person incorrectly. Northport is located on the Northshore of Long Island. The town is at the edge of the Long Island Sound. Connecticut is located on the other side of the Sound. Note the wooden boats in the foreground. 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. The message written on this postcard is a sad one. The writer states that “Charles is very much worse” and indicates that he is suffering from diabetes. Insulin was not used on humans until 1922. One can only imagine what a diabetic’s life was like before that.
This card was printed in Germany and the publisher is not listed. This postcard, unlike Charles, is in good condition. SOLD
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