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PHOTOS: Old Home Week, A Century Ago
In 1911, Port Jefferson put on a week-long event to bring people to the little village.
In 1911 the village of Port Jefferson put on its second Old Home Week festival encouraging tourism and boosting the profile of the village to its neighbors. The involved outdoor concerts, a baseball game, carnival, track and field sports and even a parachutist dropping from a balloon into the Harbor all .
be a weekend of old-fashioned fun with a bango group concert, a and an
Here we present a gallery of old photos found in the historical section of Port Jefferson's official website from the 1911 Old Home Week in the village.
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Below are the photos in the gallery along with links to the originals on the Port Jefferson village historical website.
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The Queen’s Float passes along East Main Street, Port Jefferson, during the Old Home Week parade.
Volunteers from the Stony Brook Fire Department approach the intersection of East Broadway and Main Street, Port Jefferson, during the Old Home Week parade.
Dreyer and McDermott’s dry goods store, intersection of East Main and Prospect streets, Port Jefferson, is decorated for Old Home Week.
Bay View Pavilion, Old Home Week
The Bay View Pavilion on the waterfront off East Broadway, Port Jefferson, is decorated for Old Home Week. Message: “This is a little bit of the decorations for Old Home Week. The athletic games are going on this afternoon. We can hear the music sitting on the Piazza.”
Youngsters participate in an obstacle race on East Broadway, Port Jefferson, during Old Home Week.
Marchers approach the intersection of East Broadway and Main Street, Port Jefferson, during the Old Home Week parade.
Odd Fellows Float, Old Home Week
The Odd Fellows Float passes along East Main Street, Port Jefferson, during the Old Home Week parade.
Left to right: Volunteers from the Port Jefferson Fire Department and a carriage carrying Civil War veterans, Lewis O. Conklin Post 627, Grand Army of the Republic, approach the intersection of East Broadway and Main Street, Port Jefferson, during the Old Home Week parade.
Hotel Square, corner of Main and East Main streets, Port Jefferson, is decorated for Old Home Week.
East Main Street, Old Home Week
East Main Street, Port Jefferson, is decorated with banners, flags, and bunting for Old Home Week.
A banner from the BROOKLYN TIMES hangs over East Main Street, Port Jefferson, Old Home Week.
Buildings on the waterfront off East Broadway, Port Jefferson, are decorated for Old Home Week.
Jones (Main) Street, Port Jefferson, looking south, is decorated with flags and bunting for Old Home Week.
Decorated Automobile, Old Home Week
A decorated automobile rounds the corner in front of the First National Bank building and proceeds toward East Main Street, Port Jefferson, during the Old Home Week parade.
The Queen’s Float passes along East Broadway, Port Jefferson, during the Old Home Week parade.
Musicians present a Sunday concert at the intersection of East Main and Prospect streets, Port Jefferson, during Old Home Week.
Decorated Automobile, Old Home Week
A decorated automobile passes the Bay View Pavilion, East Broadway, Port Jefferson, during the Old Home Week parade.
Spectators line East Broadway, Port Jefferson, awaiting the winner of the Five Mile Run, Old Home Week.
Keynote Address, Old Home Week
Left: Edward T. Buckingham, the mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who gave the keynote address during Old Home Week in Port Jefferson, and right, Dayton Hedges, Brookhaven Town Supervisor, are pictured on the reviewing stand at the intersection of East Main and Prospect streets.
Port Jefferson Hotel, Old Home Week
The Port Jefferson Hotel, East Main Street, is decorated for Old Home Week, August 1911. The building was razed in 1949.
Decorated Float Contest, Old Home Week
A wagon from C. F. Davis Trucking and Express, shown on the ferry dock at Port Jefferson, was a prizewinner in the Decorated Float Contest, Old Home Week, August 1911.
The Boys’ Brigade marches on Port Jefferson’s Main Street during the Old Home Week parade, August 1911.
Evelyn Alvord of Belle Terre drives a decorated automobile along Port Jefferson’s East Main Street during the August 1911 Old Home Week Parade.
L. H. Davis Wagon, Old Home Week Parade, 1911
A wagon from L. H. Davis and Company’s Meat Market, shown on Steamboat Landing in Port Jefferson, was the second place prizewinner in the Decorated Float Contest during the Old Home Week parade, August 1911.
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