Collections

Bayport-Blue Point Historic Postcards

The collection consists of over 300 postcards showing buildings, structures, and natural features of Blue Point, NY, a hamlet on Long Island, NY.

Hudson River Excursion Steamer, Newburgh, N.Y.

Postcards and photographs of steamboats, ships and ferries.

Natalie and Robert Coe, with a 16mm film camera, in Jackson, Wyoming, 1938.

Films of the Coe family travels

The original Kodak boxes of G. Elliott Morrison’s films.

Films of Sayville, Fire Island, and Bayport from 1927 to 1932

Gar Wood Collection

Gar Wood was a successful speedboat racer and business owner. This collection relates to his racing career and his business,GarWood Industries, which specialized in building motorboats.

two men talking while one is in a racecar

Photographs and films of the United States Grand Prix races in Watkins Glen in the 1960s, taken by amateur photographer Andy Gerard.

Hudson River Night Boat Collection

Historic images of the Hudson River Night Boats.

Jones Beach, High Hill Beach and The Wantagh Parkway

Photographs, color slides, documents and show tickets relating to the creation and design of the Jones Beach State Park complex.

Long Island Airfields

Images of Airfields from the past century. Many of these locations have since disappeared.

Parkway Sweepstakes 1908

Items related to the history of the Long Island Motor Parkway.

Martha Blow Wadsworth Photograph Collection

A collection of early 20th century photographs taken by Martha Blow Wadsworth which document a prominent family’s life in the Genesee Valley of New York, as well as showcase a trip to Panama and the construction of the Panama Canal.

The grandstand and race track at the Mineola Fairgrounds.

Images of Mineola from the late 19th century to present day.

Mineola’s newly constructed Long Island Railroad station, September, 1923

Images of Mineola from the 1900s to the 1920s.

The cover of a Long Island Railroad timetable, June 17, 1897

Programs from historic Mineola events and other documents

Ice boats on Orange Lake, NY

This collection includes photographs and illustrations of bowsteerers and sternsteerers from the Ray Ruge Collection.

Trackside Stories: Kathie J. Meredith Motorsports Photograph Collection

Motorsports photographs by photojournalist Kathie J. Meredith documenting professional race events at “the Glen,” now Watkins Glen International, an automobile racing circuit located in Schuyler County, New York.

United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen Collection

The United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen Collection encompasses representative photographs and documentation, as well as the official program, of each of the 20 years of the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.

Wayne Tucker Postcard Collection

This collection is comprised of postcards, trade cards, and other ephemera relating to Schenectady County and other nearby areas.