A history of Huntington,
since 1653
Postcards, papers and photographs of Huntington from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1653, three men from Oyster Bay – Richard Holbrook, Robert Williams, and Daniel Whitehead – purchased a parcel of land from the Matinecock tribe. This parcel has since come to be known as the "First Purchase" and included land bordered by Cold Spring Harbor on the west, Northport Harbor on the east, what is now known as Old Country Road to the south, and the Long Island Sound to the north. The three men immediately turned the land over to the settlers who had already been living there.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Huntington’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMarshall Field, residence, 1927: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Huntington
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Huntington, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Marshall Field, residence (1927) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
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From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (7) and the National Register (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.