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A Syosset Scrapbook Part Four |
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A Syosset Scrapbook Part Four |
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Please be patient. The images may take a while to load.
Listen to the late Joseph Boslet Jr., interviewed by Isabel
Goldenkoff at the Syosset Public Library, as he reminisces about old Syosset.
We placed excerpts from this 1991 tape throughout Scrapbook. You may
have to disable your firewall temporarily in order to access the sound files.
Look for the 
signs.
If you live in Syosset, visit the library to borrow
the entire tape and tapes featuring other longtime Syosset residents. If
you wish to listen to the tapes in the library, call the library first to see if
they have a tape player; otherwise bring your own.
Click on small pictures below to see larger
images.
Then, click
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Romaine's Bonnie Brook Lodge, Jericho Turnpike, 1946 |
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Viennese Coach, Jericho Turnpike; Russ Lindstrum's business card and glass from the restaurant
(image on left, courtesy of Larry Chernow)
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Matchbook from Viennese Coach
(courtesy of Florence Kwiatkowski Sendrowski)
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Menu from Viennese Coach
(courtesy of Larry Chernow)
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Aerial
views of Villa Victor, c. 1940s
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The pond at the North Ritz Club today, formerly Villa Victor |
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Brochure from the Island Lodge Motel adjoining the Villa Victor
The advertisement says "contains one of the most beautiful swimming pools
on Long Island" (!)
and "as you relax on your private patio, there are no cars in sight, no
busy highway..."
(just a brick wall...)
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Villa Victor ashtray |
Below: Milleridge Inn
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Top left, Milleridge Village, c. 1970s; Milleridge Inn, Jericho, built in 1672 on property acquired by trade from the Matinecock Indians. "One of America's famous old Inns. Luncheons from $1.95, dinners from $3.25. Superb American cuisine."
(Second row, far right: August Viemeister, An Architectural Journey through Long Island, Kennikat Press Corp., Port Washington, N.Y./London, 1974)
Matchbook cover from The Milleridge Inn
Members of The Brigade of the American Revolution commemorate the area's participation in the American Revolution at the Milleridge Inn
Milleridge Inn Mother's day greetings
Top left, The Maine Maid Tea House;
The Maine Maid;
Route 106 and Jericho Turnpike, Jericho
(bottom left, Cyril A. Lewis, Historical Long Island Paintings and Sketches,
The Long Island Forum, Westhampton Beach, N.Y., 1964)
Left and center, Maine Maid interior and right, history
Town and Country Diner on Jericho Turnpike
(photo left, courtesy of Tom Montalbano)
Matchbook cover from the Syosset Coach Grill, 40 West Jericho Turnpike
Brancato's on W. Jericho Turnpike, advertisement, 1962
Burger Square on Jericho Turnpike, Sept. 1969, right after the fire that closed it
(images courtesy of Joe Maggio)
Matchbook cover from D's, 510 Jericho Turnpike, c. 1970s
"Famous for the Dockets of Delights"
Matchbook cover from Moonraker, 650 Jericho Turnpike, c. 1970s
Matchbook cover from Cafe Testarossa, 499 Jericho Turnpike
It was the site of Joey Buttafuoco's get-out-of-jail celebration in 1994.
Matchbook cover from Capriccio Restaurant, 399 Jericho Turnpike, c. 1970s
The Fox Hollow Inn across from the Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, c. 1974
Asparagii Natural Foods, 44 W. Jericho Turnpike matchbook
Matchbook cover from the Paddock Inn, Jericho Turnpike
The Royal Viking on Jericho Turnpike, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Erik Larsen, c. 1974
Royal Viking match books
(images courtesy of Larry Chernow)
Postcards of the Mah Jong Restaurant, Jericho Turnpike, owned by Peter and Nellie Chinn
Upper left, art by S. Savino; from the postcard on lower right: "Long Island's leading Chinese-Polynesian restaurant. New ALOHA ROOM for south seas dining. Exotic cocktails in BAMBOO LOUNGE. Open air patio and Chinese 'Art' garden. Hawaiian entertainment week-ends and exciting LUAU 'table of plenty' on Wednesdays."
Mah Jong advertisement c. 1974
Matchbook from Peter and Susan Yee's restaurant on Jericho Turnpike
(image courtesy of Susan, Peter, and Edgar Yee)
Harmony Rest on Jericho Turnpike, advertisement, 1962
The Skyliner Diner, Jericho Turnpike and South Oyster Bay Rd.
1955 advertisement
Left, Kyle and Moran's on Jackson Ave. and Convent Road, interior, c. 1950s
(photo courtesy of Tom Montalbano)
Right, Kyle and Moran's is now O'Neill's, 2003.
Kyle and Moran business card
(courtesy of Johanna S. Kyle)
Matchbook, 2000 and Christiano's, 2003
Christiano's closed in February 2014.
Better days
Michael Mark and John Delin, Christiano's 2000
The Carnival Room, 98 Jackson Avenue
The Carnival Room, 98 Jackson Avenue, 1952 advertisement
(image courtesy of Tom Montalbano)
The Carnival Room, 98 Jackson Avenue, 1955 advertisement
The Towne Diner, Jackson and Whitney Avenues, 1960 advertisement
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Boslet's Restaurant
1940s
In the 1930s, the Boslet family took over the former Spreer's Hotel.
During Prohibition, the restaurant also sold illegal beverages
when an interior room functioned as a speakeasy.
click here: Speakeasy Part One
and here: Speakeasy Part Two
Boslet's Restaurant, west side of Jackson Ave., c. 1940, later in the '40s and February 9, 1945
In 1941, the bar obtained Syosset's first television.
Closeup of Boslet's
Interior
Left, Joseph G. Boslet, Sr., Proprietor, 1937
Right, Mr. Boslet with son Joseph Boslet Jr. and George Beatty, early 1940s
Boslet's
Left, "Johnny", Milton Titus, "Evelyn "Evvie" Diel and "Doc" Melville,
Milton and Evvie married.
Center, Herman Brussenski (Henryk Brusjewski): "Working Class Hero";
Right, unidentified, William "Bill" Rynsky, unidentified
Winifred A. Boslet outside Boslet's
Nellie Nowak Boslet in kitchen, c. 1943
Robin Boslet playing as beer is delivered
February 9, 1945
This menu from Boslet's might include:
Hot roast beef, ham or turkey dinner, with potatoes, three slices of bread
and two vegetables—40˘; 14 oz. glass of beer—10˘
Coasters from Boslet's
Robin Boslet and grandmother Winifred at grave of Joseph Boslet, Sr. in 1945, Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury
January 1947 advertisement
Boslet's had the only television in town during World War II
thanks to the acumen of Joseph and Winifred.
(image courtesy of Tom Montalbano)
1952 advertisement
(image courtesy of Tom Montalbano)
Syosset Advance announces Boslet's closing
(image courtesy of Tom Montalbano)
The old hotel was torn down in 1955, replaced by the
Long Island Savings Bank (left) which was also demolished.
Boslet's is now a parking lot for another bank (currently Astoria Federal Savings and Loan) which was built where the row of stores including Roulston's had been.
(photo on right by Michael Mark)
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