Visions
of the Past – Canoeing at Muncie Island, circa 1913. A few times a
year, someone invariably asks, “Where is Muncie Island?” A bit sarcastically, I
usually reply, “It lies under Ocean Parkway.” The island that had been owned by
the Muncie Family for over a century was destroyed for construction of the Ocean
Parkway in the early 1930s. This charming postcard was published by Town &
Country Estates, which tried to market the island as a resort community in the
1910s-1920s.
Postcard from the historic collections of the
Town of Babylon History Museum, Town of Babylon, NY.
(A great resource for more
information about Muncie Island – Islands of Content: a history of Oak
Island, Oak Island Beach and Captree Island, New York, by Tom Morris,
available here - http://www.lulu.com/shop/tom-morris/islands-of-content-third-printing/paperback/product-22835772.html )