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  • Collection: Selected Long Island Business and Industry Materials

Unidentified man [possibly Halstead Rushmore] at reigns of loaded market wagon, Aug. 1913.jpg
Unidentified man [possibly Halstead Rushmore] at reigns of loaded market wagon at Rushmore Farms

Position: 604 (10 views)

Leon A. Rushmore, Sr., on horse drawn corn cultivator in a field at Rushmore Farms, 1918 .jpg
Leon A. Rushmore, Sr., on horse drawn corn cultivator [?] in a field at Rushmore Farms. Caption on verso reads, “Preparing to plant sweet corn.”

Position: 1007 (9 views)

Aerial view of the Cherrywood Shopping Center, 1953.jpg
Aerial view of the Cherrywood Shopping Center, located at the corner of Wantagh and Jerusalem Avenues, in Wantagh, N.Y. (Note: The center takes its name from the estate of Capt. John Seaman, an early settler of the area).

Position: 34 (16 views)

Randall’s Cleaning Plant drivers, posing in front of their trucks alongside the plant, c.1940s.jpg
Randall’s Cleaning Plant drivers, posing in front of their trucks alongside the dry cleaning plant, at Nassau Road and Brookside Avenue, Hempstead, N.Y.

Position: 14 (19 views)

Milkman with a full bottle carrier in his hand, standing in the door of his delivery truck on a snowy day, c.1950s.jpg
Milkman with a full bottle carrier in his hand, standing in the door of his delivery truck on a snowy day. "GlenHead, N.Y. OR. 6-8500" is printed on the side of the truck.

Position: 20 (18 views)

LILCO's Glenwood Generating Station, exterior view, 1936 .jpg
LILCO's (Long Island Lighting Company) Glenwood Generating Station, exterior view, at Glenwood Landing, N.Y. (Note: At one time, the station was considered to be Long Island's main electric generating plant.)

Position: 6 (31 views)

J.A. Valentine truck insurance advertisement.jpg
J.A. Valentine farm truck insurance advertisement. The advertisement stated that Valentine, an insurance agent in East Williston, N.Y., offered the "lowest rates to Farm Bureau members by special arrangements."

Position: 372 (11 views)

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