design crawing for ladies dress, red cross patterned bodice and skirt, lace jabot and lower sleeves, black floral application, flared skirt with vertical stripes at floor; lady is holding parasol; drawing is signed by artist LR
Photograph of Elephant Hotel, built by Hachaliah Bailey 1825, showing east wing, and Old Bet Statue, with onlookers and boys seated at base of statue, Somers, New York
Marcia Hunt, grandaughter of circus owner Charles Hunt, leads elephant Ranee out the door of the Elephant Hotel. Ranee laid a wreath at the statue of Old Bet, in front of the Elephant Hotel. Supervisor Patrick Ryan looks through window.
Copy of lithograph, advertisement for Sewing Maching Co.; shows scenes of families with sewing machines and image of Empire Works factory located in Somers. Machines were sold at T.J. McArthur & Co., 536 Broadway, NY.
Label for Farm products supplied to Mrs. W. W. Reis, or Caroline Wright Reis, by Westchester County Farm Bureau. Caroline Wright Reis managed the farm she inherited from her family, and sold hay, produce, and fruit to local and regional...
D.W. Griffith filmed portions of the Revolutionary War epic "America" in Somers New York, in 1923. The town was chosen because of its similarity to an early American New England town and landscape.
Portrait of Gerard Crane, who owned and managed menageries in the early 1800s, and later became Town Supervisor of Somers, New York (1833-37). With his earnings in the menagerie business he built an impressive stone house (1849) now a National...
