The snow sits on the completed bridge as the opening ceremony is about to begin. The final structure measures 16.013 feet long, just over three miles, and will be seven lanes wide. When the bridge opened in December 1955, it carried an average of...
Schools; School board members; Portrait photographs;
James H. Christie, a school trustee in 1876, looks slightly to the left. His hair has been slicked back, leaving his forehead clear. His mouth, however, is completely covered by a moustache and a beard.
There are about forty students and one teacher in this class photo. Only a few have blurred faces, indicating that they moved during the exposure; most are fairly clear.
Here is a remarkably crisp and clear image of Nyack in the late nineteenth century. Wide sidewalks line the dirt thoroughfare. The mode of transportation is the horse and buggy. The photo highlights Blauvelt Drugs with the dentist, Dr. Gilchrest...
Mrs. John Boyd is on the left and Mrs. Kenneth Rose (Florence) is on the right. Between them is a floral display of American lotus. Both were members of the Nyack Garden Club.
This old image of Lafayette Avenue in Suffern is part photograph and part drawing. On the left side, details are clear and the words Bakery and Tailor stand out. The buildings in the background and on the right side have roof and window lines drawn...
This 1885 gravestone in Mt. Moor Cemetery in West Nyack commemorates the death of a 37-year-old man whose first name was Arthur. Unfortunately, all the details are not clear in the image.
Old gravestones dot the hillside at Mt. Moor Cemetery in West Nyack. The stone on the right is inscribed for a man named Benjamin who died on January 13, 1904 at seventy-eight years of age. He was in Company A of . . . Unfortunately, the other...
Astrith Deyrup talks about her family and life in Upper Nyack and New York City. Astrith's father, Alvin S. Johnson was the 1st President of the New School for Social research in Manhattan. Her sister Felicia was a prominent artist. Both she and...
The ferryboat 'Rockland' is crossing the Hudson River on its way to Tarrytown. In the background, on the Nyack waterfront, are some identifiable structures. The Storms Pail Factory, the DePew Greenhouses, the Rowing Association and the Reformed...
Mr. Smith, we presume, stands and surveys the goods for sale in his store: canned goods, washboards, a kerosene stove, and Tetley's Tea. The picture isn't very clear but there are hundreds more items on display.
Eli Gurnee and his two wives are commemorated on the large Gurnee family monument. He was married to Sarah Hinman and also to Frances Griffiths Brown. The death dates are not clear. Sarah died in 1863.
