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Birdsall Post General Store (exterior view)

Facsimile of a c.1900s photograph of the Birdsall Post General Store, northwest corner of Main Street and Fulton Avenue

Tags: Banks, Birdsall Post General Store, Business enterprises, businesses, Franklin Street, Front Streets, Fulton Avenue, General stores, Hempstead, hotels, Main Street, restaurants, retail stores, Stores

Position: 443 (13 views)

Blizzard of 1888 (east side of Main Street)

Facsimile of a March 1888 photograph of a group of men standing on the sidewalk of the east side of Main Street, near the R.G. Powell Undertaker building, after the Blizzard of 1888. The street is buried with huge snow drifts.

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Tags: Banks, Blizzard of 1888, blizzards, Business enterprises, businesses, Franklin Street, Front Streets, Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, hotels, Main Street, restaurants, retail stores, Stores

Position: 747 (12 views)

Blizzard of 1888 (northeast corner of Front and Main Streets)

Facsimile of a March 1888 photograph of the northeast corner of Front and Main Streets after the Blizzard of 1888. People are gathered outside businesses, looking at huge snow drifts.

Tags: Banks, Blizzard of 1888, blizzards, Business enterprises, businesses, Franklin Street, Front Street, Front Streets, Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, hotels, Main Street, restaurants, retail stores, Stores

Position: 1637 (10 views)

Blizzard of 1888 (southeast corner of Main Street and Fulton Avenue)

Facsimile of a March 1888 photograph of the southeast corner of Main Street and Fulton Avenue after the Blizzard of 1888. There are people on the sidewalks in front of businesses and houses. Businesses include a butcher shop, J.R. Worth (silverware),…

Tags: Banks, Blizzard of 1888, blizzards, Business enterprises, businesses, Franklin Street, Front Streets, Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, hotels, J.R. Worth Silverware, Main Street, restaurants, retail stores, Stores

Position: 1637 (10 views)

Blizzard of 1888 (west side of Main Street, between Fulton Avenue and Front Street)

Facsimile of a photograph of the west side of Main Street, between Fulton Avenue and Front Street, after the Blizzard of 1888. A small number of people are on the sidewalks and in the streets, which are covered with huge snow drifts.

Tags: Banks, Blizzard of 1888, blizzards, Business enterprises, businesses, Franklin Street, Front Street, Front Streets, Fulton Avenue, Hempstead, hotels, Main Street, restaurants, retail stores, Stores

Position: 747 (12 views)

Blumberg Building (H. Blumberg & Sons hardware) and Peter Troulinos Tailor Shop

Blumberg Building (H. Blumberg & Sons hardware), on Front Street. Peter Troulinos tailor shop is located in building at left (277 Front street).

Tags: Banks, Blumberg Building, Business enterprises, businesses, Franklin Street, Front Street, Front Streets, Fulton Avenue, H. Blumberg & Sons, hardware stores, Hempstead, hotels, Main Street, Peter Troulinos Tailor Shop, restaurants, retail stores, Stores, tailors

Position: 1110 (11 views)

Buildings on Front Street, as seen from across intersection of Front and Little Main Street

Buildings on Front Street, as seen from across intersection of Front and Little Main Street (South Main Street). Businesses pictured are Hennig’s Bake Shop (left) and T & P Furniture. Prospect School on Peninsula Boulevard is at right.