History · Islip
A history of Islip,
since 1683
Postcards, papers and photographs of Islip from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
1683established
6old images & papers
0recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Matthias Nicoll relocated to New York from Islip, Northamptonshire, England, in 1664.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1683Established
1873Islip, Suffolk, Co. - Islip, Town of Islip, Suf…Map
1900s2 items · St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 754 Mont…LOC
1910s3 items · Paper Mill 20240301 105139Commons
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Islip’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSt. Mark's Episcopal Church, 754 …, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Islip
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By decade
Islip, decade by decade
1900s2 items
1920s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 754 Montauk Highway (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.