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Circa 1904. "Sylvester Avenue, Manhanset Manor, Shelter Island, N.Y." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
Notice the man past the sign tree on the lawn near the water. He appears to be wearing something like a sombrero and is holding a pole. Was he fishing, or is he scything grass?
Manhanset Manor has officially been known as Dering Harbor since 1915, a few years after the massive Manhanset House Hotel burned down in 1910. For many decades it has been New York's least populous municipality. The 2010 census showed a total population of 11.
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