Posing here as a young man, John Bard was born in 1819 to a distinguished family of doctors and educators. His grandfather and great-grandfather, Drs. Samuel and John Bard respectively, were preeminent physicians who practiced both in New York...
This letter was written by William Bard, father of St. Stephen's founder John Bard, to his Great-Aunt, Mary Martha Campbell. In a note appended by Arthur Sands, he mentions that William was born in New York during its occupation by the British. At...
". . . The boy who has found a red ear kisses the girl who brings the cider." ("Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office") Notice Dows's inclusion of a black slave laborer in lower right corner. Slavery officially persisted in New York State until 1799....
". . . The boy who has found a red ear kisses the girl who brings the cider." ("Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office") Notice Dows's inclusion of a black slave laborer in lower right corner. Slavery officially persisted in New York State until 1799....
Photograph of Marjorie L. Littell. She was born August 20, 1898 in New Rochelle, NY, the daughter of the late . She married Harry M. Littell and they resided in Chester.
Photograph of the Hambletonian Monument located on Hambletonian Ave., at intersection with Oakland Avenue.
“Hambletonian, "The Father of Harness Racers" owned by entrepreneur Wm Rysdyck. Rysdyck's horses "Long Island Black Hawk" and "New York...
Framed Ferrotype James Henry Conklin taken during the Civil War. Following the war, he lived with his wife, Marry Ann, on the Goshen road in West Chester, the little house that would late become Conservo's Real Estate office. Now, 2004, known as 93...
Photograph of James Henry Conklin & Marry Ann with their dog in front of their home.
Following his return from the Civil War, he and his wife lived in the house that became Conservo's Real Estate office, 1960's - 1980's. Now, 2007, it houses some...
Advertisements; African Americans; Blacks; Boarding schools; Fund raising; Indians of North America; Schools
Advertisement for a fundraising event at the Chester Presbyterian Church for benefit of the Hampton Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute which was founded on the banks of the Virginia Peninsula by Brigadier General Samuel Chapman Armstrong in...
