Collections

Locust Valley Historical Collection
Locust Valley Historical Collection
Locust Valley Library
Historical photographs and postcards of Locust Valley, NY.
Long Beach Bridge Construction Photographs
Long Beach Bridge Construction Photographs
Hofstra University - Hofstra University Library
Black and white photographs of the construction of the new Long Beach Bridge.
Parkway Sweepstakes 1908
The Long Island Motor Parkway Collection
Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

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

Madden Collection
Madden Collection
Canal Society of New York State

Historic glass negatives, prints, and postcards depicting the Erie Canal and other waterways in New York and Canada from the collection of Emily and J. Hayward Madden of Livonia, NY

Merrick Historical Postcards
Merrick Historical Postcards
Merrick Library
Historic postcards from Merrick, NY.
Port Washington Main Street Collection
Port Washington Main Street Collection
Port Washington Public Library
The Port Washington Main Street Collection brings together photographs, postcards, and other historic materials that reflect the rich past of this community nestled between Manhasset and Hempstead Bays.
Lynbrook Celebrates Grade Crossing Elimination, Monday, January 2nd, 1939
Programs, Booklets and Brochures of East Rockaway and Lynbrook
Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook

Various publications promoting the evolution of the East Rockaway and Lynbrook communities.

Richmond Collection
Richmond Collection
Whaling Museum and Education Center
The Richmond collection is made up of financial records and personal correspondence relating to the Ship Richmond’s whaling voyage from 1846-1849.
Soule Collection
Soule Collection
Canal Society of New York State

Historic postcards related to the canals of New York State and Canada (1902-1948), from the collection of F. Channing Soule, an instrumental figure in establishing the Canal Society of New York State.

Sterling Iron & Railway Company Correspondence Collection
Sterling Iron & Railway Company Correspondence Collection
Tuxedo Park Library

Correspondence sent to the Sterling Iron & Rail Co. during the years 1865 and 1874.

Steamer City of Hudson
Tracey I. Brooks Hudson River Steamboat Images Collection
Hudson River Maritime Museum

Images of steamers, tugboats and ferries from the collection of Tracey I. Brooks.

Tugboats: Workhorses of the Hudson
Tugboats: Workhorses of the Hudson
Hudson River Maritime Museum

Photographs of tug and tow boats that powered the movement of freight along the Hudson River in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Virginia Marshall Martus Collection
Virginia Marshall Martus Collection
Port Washington Public Library
This collection contains photographs and documents surrounding the A & R Marshall, Inc.
Enrollment of the Sloop Sophia of Cold Spring Harbor
Willets Customs House Records
Whaling Museum and Education Center

Materials related to the US Customs Port of Delivery at Cold Spring Harbor, primarily created by the Surveyor Jacob C. Hewlett.

Working on the Erie Canal
Working on the Erie Canal
Erie Canal Museum
The “Working on the Erie Canal” collection contains photographs and documents relating to the canal and its workers.