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| Description: | A bicycle parking lot at the beach at Point o' Woods, Fire Island’s oldest, self-contained community. |
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| Description: | View of the S.S. "Nerissa" ocean liner in the water near New York City. the ship features a large smokestack, two masts and several flags. |
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| Description: | View of the "Queen of Bermuda" ocean liner in the water near New York City. The large ship features three large smokestacks, two masts, and many lifeboats.... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View across rocks toward the Mount Desert Rock granite lighthouse, established in 1830 and automated in 1977, located thirty miles out to sea on a treeless... |
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| Description: | View across rocky ground and grass toward the Northern Lighthouse and the nearby cottage. A covered walkway leads from the house up to the entrance of the ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View across water toward six men standing on a deck with railings on Peck Ledge Lighthouse in Norwalk Harbor, put into operation in 1906. Caption reads: "P... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the century-old North Head Lighthouse, completed in 1898, built in response to a marked increase in the number of shipwrecks along the Pen... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a crowd of people standing on boats lined up along a pier to watch a bi-winged airplane flying over the water. Large buildings ar... |
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| Description: | View from unpaved road toward houses down a side dirt road leading toward a beach in the background. A man stands on the porch of the house in the left for... |
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| Description: | View of the "T.J. Potter" steamship in the water near Long Beach. The ship features a paddle wheel and a smokestack. "T.J. Potter" ispainted on the side of... |
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| Description: | View of passengers disembarking from a lighter by means of a platform suspended from a derrick in the water near Nome. Caption reads: "Leaving for their ha... |
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| Description: | View of an automobile ferry boat traveling to or from Shelter Island Heights. Several men are on the ferry, along with three automobiles. "Shelter Island O... |
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| Description: | View of the "Russell 5" tugboat in the water near New York City. An American flag is flying on the boat. "Russell 5" is painted on the vessel. The shorelin... |
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| Description: | View of a group of people posed near several oyster boats under repair on the shore. Some buildings are on the left side. A sign on the boat on the far rig... |
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| Description: | View of a shipyard with tracks for timber wagons. Several men are both on shore, and some men are on boats. One of the boats near the docks reads: "Alberta... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a developed strip of land on Barnegat Bay showing the Atlantic ocean, houses, lakes, railroad tracks, a marina and a jetty in the distance. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A man walking with a cane in the sand dunes on Coney Island. A dilapidated fence cuts across the foreground of the beach and a rock jetty juts into the ba... |
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| Description: | View from water of houses along the beach at Dutch Village, each with small outbuildings and umbrellas set up outdoors. A set of stairs leads from the beac... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A woman in a bathing suit stands on the beach and holds what appears to be a seashell. The ocean is in the background. This woman is contained within a she... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Vacationers wade at a beach near a row of what appear to be hotel buildings. Groups of people sit near boats onshore and a group of women sits at the end o... |
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