Francis C. Post stands with some of the girls from the Watts de Peyster Home, formerly the Trinity School and Home. Mr. Post was superintendent of the farm from 1899 to 1910. At his death in December of 1910, a newspaper clipping read: "He was...
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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.
Newspaper article about the arson trial resulting from the investigation following the disastrous fire of July 5, 1877 that consumed much of downtown Chester.
Two photographs. The photo on the left is Ruth Davidson Rightmeyer at about 6-yrs-old in front of the chestnut tree that stood on the north side of Lake Road and was removed when Route 303 was built. The trunk was cut crosswise and the slabs were...
A one page letter written by Annette Innis Young, in black ink on off-white lined paper. The letter is dated July 29, 1896, Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Annette writes about her love for Samuel Wood and how Innis picks on her by calling Samuel...
Lithographic process, of a girl in a blue dress with a red hat, with a large pink ruffles at the top. She is holding holly in one hand up to her chest. Snow is coming down all around her and along the top and right side there are bells, which...
