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Central Avenue shops and horse-drawn wagons, Far Rockaway, New York, circa 1910

Subjects
HorsesStores & ShopsStreet Scenes
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Central Avenue shops and horse-drawn wagons, Far Rockaway, New York, circa 1910, Miss Charlotte Munnell, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Central Avenue shops and horse-drawn wagons, Far Rockaway, New York, circa 1910, Miss Charlotte Munnell, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tinted 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 in the street, and pedestrians in early-1900s dress on the sidewalks. Storefronts line both sides, including a 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. --- POST CARD THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE FOR ADDRESS ONLY. 57306 Wm F. Gray, Far Rockaway, L.I. (G.-Germany)
PostmarkedFar Rockaway, NY, August 26, 1907
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Munnell

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Far Rockaway, NY
PublisherWm. F. Gray
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Munnell, Amesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, 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 30A 07 — divided-back private card printed in Germany; publisher imprint Wm F. Gray, Far Rockaway, L.I.; light wear and toning at edges.

Cite this card

Central Avenue shops and horse-drawn wagons, Far Rockaway, New York, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/central-avenue-shops-and-horse-drawn-wagons-far-rockaway-new. Accessed October 25, 2026.