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Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
Advertising thermometer for Gallo's Cozy Corner Restaurant and Bar which was located at the intersection of Routes 17M & 94. Now, in 2007, the site is occupied a Rite Aid drug store and it is now the intersection of Route 17M (Brookside Ave.) and...
Advertisements; Fire engines & equipment; Fire extinguishers;
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This illustrated advertisement was sent to store owner Joseph...
March 3, 1944 V-mail written by Joseph R. Barrs to Henry Staley of Cottage Farm in Rhinebeck, New York from "somewhere in England" during World War II.
Black and white photographs showing the interior of Hughie's Tavern in Pearl River, NY. The photograph shows the bar areas, dining tables, and a jukebox.
This image is of three mounted photographs. The top photograph of the left is of a large side gabled house, with a large center gabled dormer. All of the windows have dark shutters. There is a chain-link fence running along the the narrow front...
John Crowley Senior and his father, Michael Crowley stand in front of a saloon, a three story frame building with a large sign reading 'John Crowley Ma *** Extra Beer'. Attached on the left is a two story building with a wide porch and shuttered...
Nyack villagers and the Village Board gather for a picture just before the house next to the First Presbyterian Church is to be demolished. (Tallman Towers now occupies the location.) In the front row, second and third from left, are Rocco...
Inside a bar in 1920 are two bartenders, identified as Henry Rommel II (in white apron) and Mr. Kegner. Eight customers, all men, stand facing the camera. Most are wearing jackets and ties, and several sport large moustaches. The ceiling is pressed...
Otto Hahn stands on the porch of his saloon at the corner of North Broadway and Castle Heights Avenue in Upper Nyack. Ornate signs advertise Manilla Lager Beer. The building is now the Upper Nyack Village Hall. On the right is the Empire Fire...
