Business and Industry on Long Island Collection
Business & Industry on Long Island Collection finding aid
The businesses and industries that fueled Long Island’s growth and economy were and remain various types. One could find baymen earning their living pulling fish and shellfish from the coastal waters, helping feed the nation’s love for seafood. Hotels were built to serve vacationers fleeing the stifling confines of 19th century New York City for the open country air out East. Numerous entertainment venues such as nightclubs, bowling alleys, and theatres served Long Island residents and visitors alike, providing them with entertainment and, at times, rambunctious nightlife. A trip down Main Street in any of Long Island’s villages saw untold day-to-day establishments such as banks, grocery stores and markets, laundries, liquor stores, clothing and shoe stores, and, later, mega shopping malls that almost put these smaller enterprises out of business. Each of these business generated a panoply of records and artifacts, some of which survived by sheer happenstance, tucked away into filing cabinets, desks, cabinets, and cupboards, only to be rediscovered and donated to the Long Island Studies institute for preservation and to assist in scholarly research.
This collection contains materials related to the history and growth of business and industry on Long Island. Included are artifacts and memorabilia, broadsides, business directories, ephemera, ledger books, promotional items and publications.
Alexander Campbell Milk Company house marker and advertisement cow figure
B.D. Biddlecom advertising card
Bank of Smithtown (Smithtown Branch) advertising card
Barash Oldsmobile Keyring
Birdsall Post general store receipt
Blue Spruce Inn Fork
Brock L Carroll Beer Bottle
D. Moss Shoe's Shoehorn
Don's Yankee Clipper Stein
F. & A. M. Bayles, Dealers in Coal, Wood, Hay, Grain, Etc., receipt, 1903
Fred E. Barth Beer Bottle
Garden City Music Center Record Cleaner
Gelman's Liquor Store catalog cover, New Hyde Park, 1958
Goodman Bros. Shoehorn
Gouz Dairy Recipe Box
Greenwich Wines & Liquors Corkscrew and Bottle Opener
Grube's Restaurant advertising card
Hamilton Tea Bag Holder
The Huntington Plate & Window Glass Shop receipt, 1929
I. Zaret & Sons, Inc. advertising card
Jamaica Bus Lines Token
Jerusalem Ave. Bus Line, Inc. Token
John De Mar's Service Station Thermometer
Lakeview Hand laundry advertising card
Languilete & Powell auction notice (wood sale) broadside, Woodbury, Oct. 1865
The Lindenmere Hotel Key and Key Chain
Little Hungary Restaurant Swizzle Stick
Louis Klemm Printing advertising card
Miller & Ellsion, Contractors and Builders, advertising card
Newins & Griswold, Manufacturers of All Grades of Cigars, receipt
O.O. Anderson, Dealer in French and American Confectionery of All Kinds, receipt, 1883
Ocean Dunes Apartments Decorative Dis
The Park House hotel receipt, 1894
Pflug & Ackley Bottle
Piping Rock Liquors Shot Glass
Poquatuck (yacht) advertising card
Rockville Centre Bus Corp. Token
Rudolph Stube Bakery advertising card
South Shore Terrace "Maraca Rumba Cup"
Southampton College Jug
Stair Builders, Inc. advertising card
Star Oyster Company stock certificate, Greenport, 1906
T & F Deli Bottle Opener
Tony Canozeri Shoe Shop advertising card, Malverne, c.1940s
Ulmer & Cove Sunoco Service Station Bottle Opener
Vagabond (photography) advertising card, Rockville Centre, c.1930s