Photos of the Week

The Suffolk County Historical Society's PHOTO OF THE WEEK Series is created by librarian Wendy Polhemus-Annibell using historic primary source materials from our local history library's extensive archives. To subscribe, please sign up or send an email request to Wendy at wannibell@schs-museum.org.

• Gabriel Mills of Riverhead Records the Birth of a Slave Boy and Girl, 1814
• North Sea, Sailboat and Cedars in Foreground, 1900, by Hal B. Fullerton
• FDR's Letter to Mrs. H. B. Fullerton of Medford, April 19, 1918
• Portrait of Nathan J. Cuffee, a Montauk Indian, c. 1900
• Grumman's 1943 Calendar Book & First Military Plane, the FF-1
• U.S. Life-Saving Station, East Quogue, 1904
• St. David AME Zion Church, Eastville
• Peconic Bay Impressionists
• Cedar Island Lighthouse, Sag Harbor, c. 1898
• Charles A. Codman of Modern Times, 1911
• Old Oyster Packing House and Dock, New Suffolk
• Russell Snow Plow & Hand Flanger, Riverhead
• 17th-Century Long Island's Religious History: At a Glance
• Suffolk Traction Co. Streetcar, Patchogue, c. 1911
• Long Island Street Scenes, Mid-20th Century
• Fort Terry: "The Soldiers Memorial" Poster, 1902
• Votes for New York Women: Celebrating Our State Suffrage Centennial
• Peconic River Waterfront, c. 1890
• Long Island's Suffrage Leader: Rosalie G. Jones, 1895
• Ezra L'Hommedieu's Account Book, 1750-1803
• Hurricane of 1938
• Yaphank School House, c. 1910
• Calverton Cranberry Pickers, 1899
• Main Street, Stony Brook
• Polish Town Fair Map
• Journal of the House of Representatives, Signed by William Floyd, 1789
• Bridgehampton Road Races
• "Daily Mirror" Map of Sound Beach, 1930
• Journal of the NY State Senate, 1824
• Old Schoolhouse, Smithtown
• Arden Craig Inn, Port Jefferson
• Grucci Family Making Fireworks, 1975
• Spring 1881 Plant Catalogue
• Mattituck Strawberry Festival Booklet, 1961
• Suffolk County Fair Auto Races, 1920
• Long Island Historian Silas Wood (1769-1847)
• Brindley Aviation Field, Commack, 1918
• 250th Anniversary of Suffolk County, 1933
• History of the American Mother's Day
• Aquebogue Congregational Church
• U.S. Army Ambulance Service
• Long Island's Tercentenary, 1936
• The Road to Flanders, 1910
• The 77th Division: Camp Upton, 1917
• Why's It Called "Granny Road"?
• Babe Ruth at Riverhead Fairgrounds, 1923
• The 1917 New York Suffrage Amendment
• Suffragist Elisabeth Freeman of Kings Park
• Suffragist Mary Louise Booth of Yaphank
• Fort Salonga, 1903
• Letter from George Washington, 1795
• Henry Highland Garnet (1815-1882
• Pyrrhus Concer, 1814-1897
• The East End's Corn Doctor, 1930s
• Instructions for Census Agents, Albany, 1917
• Riverhead Snow, 1920
• Camp Upton Auction Book, 1921
• Saltaire Advertisement, 1913
• Thanksgiving Greetings, 1909
• Hunters Garden Association, 1883
• Great Gull Island of Southold Town
• Caroline Episcopal Church, Setauket
• Accused Witch Goody Garlick, 1650s
• Parry Sisters of Riverhead, c. 1910
• The Beers Atlas of Long Island, 1873
• The LI Home Hamper, 1908
• "Greetings from Shoreham," 1909
• Sept. 28: Our 130-Year Birthday!
• Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory
• Zachariah Hallock Account Book, 1771-1817
• Shinnecock Indian Powwow Program, 1964
• James H. Tuthill, First SCHS President
• Suffolk County's Ten Towns
• West Manor School, Manorville
• Mulford House, E. Hampton
• Robins Island Gun Club, 1890s
• Suffolk Postal Cancellations, 1900s
• Formal Luncheon Place Setting, 1915
• July 4th Holiday Postcards, Early 1900s
• Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River
• Riverhead HS Class of 1917
• The "New Village" of Centereach, 1858
• Main Street, Babylon
• Memorial Day, 1920
• Long Island Duck Industry
• Shelter Island Beach, Early 1900s
• A&P's Plaid Stamps Booklet, c. 1968
• Bay Shore Postcards
• 1803 Assembly Election
• Orville B. Ackerly Collection
• Alfalfa Field, Orient, 1909
• Mile-a-Minute Murphy, 1899
• Harrison Downs House, Riverhead
• Men of NY, Cast Your Votes for Women, 1917
• Anti-Slavery Almanac, 1840
• County Executive at Modell's, Commack, 1966
• LIRR Rotary Snow Plow, c. 1900
• Fire Island Lighthouse by Night, 1906
• Mailboxes, Sound Ave., Riverhead, c. 1899
• Portrait of William Floyd
• Lady Golfers, Southampton
• Historic Aldrich House, Aquebogue
• Gardiner's Island, 1639
• Rough Riders, Montauk, 1898
• Halloween Postcards, early 1900s
• Aerial View of Riverhead, c. 1938
• Daughters of the Revolution, 1891-1983
• Suffolk County Seal, 1784
• Wickham Murders Axe, 1854
• The Famous Long Island Potato
• Pequash Clam Chowder/Fall Harvest, 1910
• Main Street, Bellport, 1927
• Early Suffolk Baseball Teams
• Brentwood: A Modern Times Utopia, 1857
• Huntington Harbor, 1900
• Old Field Lighthouse, 1933
• Miller Place Rail Road Station, 1910
• Riverhead Fair Grounds, 1898
• Torpedo Boat, Shelter Island, 1903
• Lake Ronkonkoma, 1917
• East Hampton's "Shipwreck Rose," 1842
• Montgomery Ward, Riverhead, 1964
• Nazis Land at Amagansett, 1942
• Fire Island Life Saving Station, 1908
• Fishers Island Coastal Fort, WWI Era
• Kings Park State Hospital, 1925
• Prosperity Farm, Medford, c. 1910
• 1858 Chace Map: Southold
• An Oldsmobile in Amityville, 1908
• Gil Smith, Master Boatbuilder, 1843-1940
• Firemen's Tournament Parade, Sayville, 1899
• Riverhead's Little Red Mill, c. 1650s
• Long Island's Suffragists, 1913
• Pocahontas Pharoah, Montauketts, 1878-1963
• Elinor Smith, Long Island Aviator, 1911-2010
• Nine Men on an Iceberg, Patchogue, 1907
• Samuel Ballton of Greenlawn, 1838-1917
• Slaves Burying Ground, Orient
• Valentine's Day Postcards, Early 1900s
• Pyrrhus Concer, Southampton, 1814-1897
• Montauk Fishing Club, 1918
• Huntington High School Baseball Team, 1911
• Prince and Hommel Bldg After Snow, 1898
• Blue Point - Hunters and Shack, Feb. 1903
• Temple Mishcan Israel, Sag Harbor, c. 1900
• Oyster Bay Cove with Stranded Schooners, 1900
• Babylon: Fire Tornament and Race, c. 1899
• Thanksgiving Postcards, 1916
• Port Jefferson Boat Storehouse, 1897
• Helen Keller at Riverhead High School, 1933
• Medford Boy Scout Troop, 1917
• Elisha Wells Civil War Portrait, 1864
• The East Moriches Eagle, 1923
• SCHS Labor Day Float, Riverhead, 1928
• Donaldson's General Store, Hauppauge, 1906
• LIRR Experimental Farm Exhibit at Brooklyn YMCA, 1910
• Edward Thompson Fishing from Daniel Webster's Bridge, Smithtown, May 1903
• Judge Griffing, Grangebel Park, Riverhead, 1908
• Montauk Lighthouse & Wainscott Mill, c. 1922
• Mattituck High School Class of 1918
• Avery's Beach, Blue Point, 1912
• Manor of St. George Patent, 1697
• Capt. Henry Green, 1824
• Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
• Camp Dunes: Lake-by-the-Sea, Peconic, c. 1920s
• Central Islip School, c. 1898
• Lady Suffolk, the Old Gray Mare from Commack
• Oyster Sloops at New Suffolk, c. 1900
• Vanderbilt Cup Race, Jericho, 1904
• Memorial Day, Riverhead, 1920
• Sag Harbor Toll House, 1800s
• Tuthill House, Jamesport, 1880s
• LIRR Train to Wading River, 1906
• Greenport Group Portrait, 1890s
• Riverhead Fire Dept. Brass Band, 1910
• Riverhead Woman's Club Spring Luncheon, 19330
• Long Island Suffrage Wagon, c. 1913
• Local Suffragists, 1913
• Pero, a Southold Slave: Receipt and Manumission Promise by Thomas Youngs, 1818
• Blooming Roses on Arbors, Medford, c. 1916
• The Schooner Long Island on Grass at Inlet, Sea Cliff, 1897
• Scooter Race on Bellport Bay, c. 1900
• Cottage on Banks of Titus Mill Pond, Centerport, c. 1904

Interested in seeing more historical photos from the Collection of the Suffolk County Historical Society? Spend an afternoon at our Local History Library perusing our extensive archival photography collections. We're open Wednesday - Saturday, 12:30 - 4:30 PM.