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Picnic area in Wildwood State Park, 1936. Long Island, New York – Vintage Wall Art

Picnic area in Wildwood State Park, 1936. Long Island, New York, 1936 — historic photograph
Picnic area in Wildwood State Park, 1936. Long Island, New York, 1936. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Picnic area in Wildwood State Park, 1936. Long Island, New York

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This photograph shows a picnic area in Wildwood State Park, on the North Fork's neighboring north shore of Long Island, in 1936. Wildwood sits along Long Island Sound near Wading River, and its wooded grounds and shoreline made it a popular day-use destination for families from Suffolk County and New York City. In the 1930s, New York's state park system was expanding, and picnic grounds like this one were built to give urban and suburban visitors open-air space within reach of a day's drive. The image captures how such public recreation areas were used during the Depression years, when inexpensive outings close to home were especially common.

Created / published1936
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
SubjectsPicnics--1930-1940. State parks & reserves--New York (State)--Long Island--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,163 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164356

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