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Central Ave shops and horse-drawn wagons, Far Rockaway, NY, 1907

Subjects
HorsesStores & ShopsStreet ScenesTrucks & Wagons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Central Ave shops and horse-drawn wagons, Far Rockaway, NY, 1907, Miss Charlotte Bundt, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Central Ave shops and horse-drawn wagons, Far Rockaway, NY, 1907, Miss Charlotte Bundt, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A view down Central Avenue in Far Rockaway, Long Island, with streetcar tracks running up the center of the unpaved road. Horse-drawn wagons and carriages share the street with pedestrians in early-1900s dress on the sidewalks. Storefronts line both sides, including the Little Drug Store with a striped awning on the left and a building marked "Vigilant Market" on the right. Far Rockaway was then a popular seaside resort and commercial center on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, reached by the Long Island Rail Road.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Papa August 24 1907

PublisherWm. F. Gray
CENTRAL AVE, FAR ROCKAWAY, L.I.
PostmarkedAmsterdam, NY, August 26, 1907, 00:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Bundt

Highlands Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Amsterdam, NY
PublisherWm. F. Gray
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Bundt, Highlands, Amesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
NotesThin white border; color lithograph with tinted sky. Heavy ink abrasion/offset staining across the sky area; light edge and corner wear. Signs read "Little Drug Store" and "Vigilant Market". Postmark: FAR ROCKAWAY N.Y. AUG 26 12-30A 1907 — divided-back private card printed in Germany; publisher imprint 57306 Wm F. Gray, Far Rockaway, L.I. (Germany); light wear and toning at edges.

Cite this card

Central Ave shops and horse-drawn wagons, Far Rockaway, NY, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/central-ave-shops-and-horse-drawn-wagons-far-rockaway-ny-190. Accessed November 2, 2026.