Hyde Park Post Office Mural Panel 15. "1870-- William Meier (head of Hyde Park's caviar industry) pulls up an oversized sturgeon helped by Abe Atkins [an African American veteran who had fought in the Civil War as a member of Co. G of the 20th...
Chester Library and Social Club Program. The Chester Library & Social Club raised funds to maintain the library, through the sale of tickets to entertainment courses and production of entertainments and plays in Bodle's Opera House from 1902 to...
Clippings; Water supply; Lakes & ponds; Actions & defenses; Lawyers;
This article reports on a lawsuit concerning the conflict between the Village of Chester's use and control of Walton Lake as its water supply and the surrounding property owners.
A mounted studio portrait photograph of Isabelle McCready as young girl of Scottish descent. She is wearing a dark cape with plaid labels and hood. She is identified on the back as, "Isabel McCready (now Mrs. Ben Stevens of Mahopack, NY)".
A group of sculptures titled "The Family" located near Dutchess Hall on the Dutchess Community College campus. The sculpture was donated by artist Ludvik Durchanek, a Czech sculptor and painter born in 1902.
William E. DuBois poses with his sister, his niece and pets on the porte-cochères of his home at 81 Prospect Street. Mr. DuBois sits on the porch wall leaning against a pillar. His youngest sister Marian DuBois Hoysradt stands in the rear holding...
Stone buildings; Doors & doorways; Women; Buildings; Pitchers;
"The Bevier-Elting House began as the one-room home of Louis and Marie Bevier, and its orientation to the street is reminiscent of northern European town architecture. Louis' son Samuel inherited the house in 1720 and enlarged it in two phases...
