Browse Items (71 total)

  • Collection: Hempstead Photographs

Hempstead Photographs 1-35.jpg
Exterior view of the Hempstead Library, northwest corner of Fulton and Terrace Avenues. (The library was operated at this location between 1927 and 1951.)

Position: 139 (16 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-36.jpg
Hempstead Long Island Railroad Station (Fulton Avenue) with deep snow all around it. Four boys are in front of the station, standing behind a large snow drift.

Position: 1967 (10 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-37.jpg
Exterior view of the Hempstead Public School building, Henry and Prospect Streets (Now Peninsula Boulevard). Served as a high school and an elementary school. Built in 1889, burned down in 1919.

Position: 1360 (11 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-39.jpg
View of the Hempstead Theatre, south side of Fulton Avenue between Main Street and Washington Street, under construction. Four workers are in front of the building.

Position: 576 (13 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-40.jpg
Intersection of Front and Greenwich Streets. Businesses pictured include Island Appliance Co., Bargain Bin, The Nor-wood Company, Inc. (office furniture and supplies), a pawnbroker’s shop, and a liquor store.

Position: 340 (14 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-41.jpg
View of the S. H. Kreischer Grand Central Hotel. At left, a horse drawn wagon is parked in front of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.

Position: 1360 (11 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-45.jpg
Carman R. Lush Pharmacy, on Front Street. Lush (2nd from left) and an unidentified man and woman are standing in front of the building.

Position: 340 (14 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-48.jpg
Facsimile of a c.1890s photograph of E. Matthews' Long Island Hotel, as seen from across the street. Caption on front reads, “Another hotel on Main Street, opposite Grant’s store.”

Position: 576 (13 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-49.jpg
Northeast corner of Front and Main Streets. Businesses pictured (l-r): Tropical Spa Luncheonette, Lord’s Shoes, May Co., Maxam’s, a vacant store, and Galvin’s Bar & Grill.

Position: 901 (12 views)

Hempstead Photographs 1-51.jpg
Onderdonk Real Estate (later A.M. Day), corner of Main Street and Fulton Avenue. The Hempstead Long Island Railroad station is visible at right.

Position: 1967 (10 views)

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