The Alluring Era of Bootleggers
During the years of Prohibition, Long Island was bustling with bootleggers and rum runners, as the waterways provided easy passage for...
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Creating Magic Through Her Lens
TBT - Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston was known for capturing the essence of beautiful spaces through her lens. The wealthy...
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The Last Duck Standing
Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue - founded in 1908 by Henry Corwin - still exists today as the last remaining duck farm on LI. Sadly there...
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Wine Country is Born
The other day I had a letter addressed to Louisa Hargrave incorrectly placed in my PO Box. Turns out her box number is one digit off from...
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Life at the Lighthouse
I was always intrigued by lighthouse life – what the keepers and their families had to endure like isolation, drudgery, extreme weather,...
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A Legacy of Aquaculture
Shell fishing, specifically oystering, dates back to the mid 1600s on Long Island, really taking hold in the late 1800s. The industry has...
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Enchanting Turn-of-the Century Summers on "The Rock"
TBT - There’s something about summers on Shelter Island that is undeniably enchanting. Though I’ve never spent a night, we’ve cruised...
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The Fate of Arlington
August 17, 1909 – The Arlington shipwreck turned into summer blockbuster entertainment for strolling pedestrians on the Long Beach...
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The Storied Home of a Local Legend
TBT- The Jedediah Hawkins House, Jamesport. Captain Jedediah Hawkins was born in Stony Brook in 1837, and began his life at sea at a very...
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Just a Ferry Away
This is a ferry arriving on Fire Island from Sayville, 1914. To think of the thousands we now transport a day a century later.
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Summer Fun
Good old-fashioned summer fun on LI. Pre-bathing suit era, which I believe was sometime after 1920 - unless you were in the Olympics.
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Triumph and Tragedy: Paving the Way
Triumph and Tragedy Lead to the Birth of Long Island Motor Parkway The 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race, tracking a 30-mile course through...
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In the Hands of a Lifeline
So interesting. Found this photo and brief piece about the tumultuous wave action at the Rockaway beaches and the installation of literal...
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Rooted in Potatoes
Long Island is rooted in potatoes - pun intended. Potato farming on LI dates back to the late 1800s, when Polish and Irish immigrants...
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On Sea and Sound
Love the marketing effort behind this embellished map of LI, issued by the LIRR in 1891 to promote real estate on the island. Definitely...
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The Expressway's Humble Beginnings
Long Island Motor Parkway, aka Long Island Expressway, 1908. Construction just underway.
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Notes from the Vanderbilt Wine Cellar
The Butler’s Cellar Book, a ledger that records the storage and consumption of the estate’s wine and spirits, tells only part of the tale...
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Waggin' on the Rails
TBT - Came across this story about Roxey the Railroad dog…a cute little pup “adopted” by the Long Island railroad crew circa 1904. He...
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