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[Main Street, Port Jefferson, New York] – Vintage Photo Print

[Main Street, Port Jefferson, New York], [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
[Main Street, Port Jefferson, New York], [between 1910 and 1930]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Main Street, Port Jefferson, New York] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Main Street, Port Jefferson, New York]

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Main Street in Port Jefferson, on the north shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, was the commercial spine of a harbor village that had grown from 18th- and 19th-century shipbuilding and maritime trade. By the years between 1910 and 1930, the village was also a ferry landing for passengers and freight crossing Long Island Sound to Bridgeport, Connecticut, so its storefronts served both residents and travelers. Street scenes like this one from the period are useful for seeing how small American towns organized their business districts before automobiles reshaped them.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1910-1930.
SubjectsCommercial streets--New York (State)--Port Jefferson--1910-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,072 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169928

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