Resorts; Vacations; Lodging houses; Summer; Accordions; Musical instruments; Folk music;
An accordion player dressed in lederhosen (leather shorts) and suspenders sits on a barrel in front of the porch at the Mill Brook House. The person standing next to him is apparently a man dressed in a woman's bathing suit and hat. Located at...
Notice dated May 21, 1794 offering a reward for the return of a 22 year old slave named, Peter. Peter ran away from Alexander Colden of Coldenham, Ulster County, NY. Colden suspects that Peter is being harbored by a neighbor.
Notice dated January 13, 1797 offering a reward for the return of a 46 year old slave named Frank. Frank ran away from Peter Jansen of Marbletown, N.Y.
Advertising; Recruiting and enlistment; Volunteer work; Ambulances; World War, 1914-1918
Advertisement published by the American Ambulance Field Service, under the direction of Henry D. Sleeper and William R. Hereford, calling for volunteers to serve as ambulance drivers in France during World War I.
The interior of the Albee Social Room. A long table is covered in pamphlets and papers near the center of the room; the walls are lines with portraits and leather chairs and couches.
This is a calendar cover (made of leather) and embossed with the seal of the Pawling School, a private all male boarding school in Pawling, New York (renamed Trinity-Pawling School in 1947). Each student received one upon matriculation. The school...
This brown leather wallet belonged to Calvin Tomkins. It contains business papers dealing with the schooner Henry Clay which carried materials from the Tomkins Cove Lime quarry to New York. The papers date from 1841 to 1865. The most recent is a...
This doll head was found ca. 1975 behind the site of the former Trinity School and Home, later called the Watts de Peyster Home for Girls. During the early decades of the 20th century it was customary for villagers to dump trash along the banks of...
The large cobblestone fireplace and chimney is flanked by wooden armchairs with leather seats. Above each chair is a framed picture. The fireplace has a wooden mantle that holds two light fixtures and two gray objects, perhaps sculptures. A clock...
Edward Gilhuley, Ray Ackerman, and John Stewart sit on a leather banquette in front of a large fireplace. C. Raymond Ackerman was a first aid instructor for the American Red Cross for 35 years. He founded Nyack's disaster unit and was chairman of...
Photograph of exterior of New Paltz Normal School, looking North. Shows doorway to North Wing, and adjacent windows. Five women in graduation gowns entering building. Woman in straw boater, long shirtwaist and leather gloves walking on sidewalk...
Although this picture is dark, details of Victorian living are apparent. A table set for a dinner party is surrounded by chairs are covered in leather. A long chandelier provides electric light. A sideboard is filled with glass and chrystal items....
Leather bound book, with thin leather strap. The front section of this book contains the ciphering problems (addition) of Abraham Hasbrouck. The last section has two parts to it: the vendue (public auction) of the possessions of Jean Tebenin and...
Five men pose for the camera, perhaps after some softball practice. Two names provided are Steve Filer, and Steve Horvath, '67 (second from left?). The other men are unidentified.
A man dressed in a dark, serge suit sits in a leather chair - the arm of the chair is fringed. The man is wearing a jacket, a vest, an ascot, and a stiff white collar. He may have been a member of the Lydecker family of Nyack.
