PORT JEFFERSON, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK : THE WATERFRONT : RPPC 1908

This vintage real photo postcard features a view along the waterfront of the town of Port Jefferson. The town is located in eastern Long Island, New York. The town is located on the Northshore of Long Island and was a port on Long Island Sound. The photo seen on this card, shows many sailing ships. Some of the ships are in dock while others are attached to moorings. The postcard also shows many of the buildings that comprise the town of Port Jefferson. Port Jefferson harbor is the home of “The Bridgeport (Connecticut) & Port Jefferson Ferry”. The firm was established in 1883 and the ferry was originally a steamboat. The ferry company transported passengers but also agricultural goods. One of the founders of the ferry company was entrepreneur and circus owner, P. T. Barnum. This postcard was published by A. J. Greene. The postcard was dated and postmarked in 1908. SOLD

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PORT JEFFERSON, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK : MAIN STREET : STREET SCENE : RPPC : 1912

This lithographic postcard features a street scene in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York. The postcard pictures Main Street in 1912. The road, sidewalk, stores and trees, has a resemblance to the way the street looks today. Port Jefferson is a village in the town of Brookhaven. Port Jefferson is on the north shore of Long Island and is the home of a commercial ferry line that shuttles back and forth to Bridgeport, Connecticut. The village was first settled in the 17th century and became an active shipbuilding center in the mid 9th century. Port Jefferson was beautiful than, and beautiful now. Note the postcard view of quaint shops, a horse led delivery wagon, and the sign on a sidewalk pole advertising a ice cream shop. This postcard was published by the G. W. Dare as part of a series (No.23).  SOLD

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