Program for performance of Grand Sacred Oratorio "Christ and His Soldiers" by local talent. Staged at the Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Uptown Chester, sponsored by Chester Free Library.
Booklet listing roughly 720 of Chester's citizens enrolled, or in current terms, registered to vote in the primary elections. Listed for each voter are the party affiliation and place of residence.
Group portraits; Photographs; Churches; Dinner parties; Anniversaries; Centennial celebrations;
Photograph of the 100th Anniversary Dinner of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Chester in the parish hall of St. Paul's Episcopal Church at the corner of Mail Street and Maple Avenue, Chester, New York.
Documents; Forms (Documents); Fire stations; Fire fighters;
A handwritten listing of the men and their positions in the various companies is on the back of this blank Chester Fire Department Service Certificate.
Clippings; History; Historical societies; Historians; Land grants; Taverns (Inns);
Newspaper clipping reporting on a Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct meeting featuring Frank Durland’s paper on the importance of Chester in history. Apparently, this was clipped from Dr. Wesley Wait's copy of the newspaper.
This is a postcard depicting a small wooden Protestant church located on an open, flat property at the base of a small mountain. The church is front-gabled with a cupola at the front, center of the roof. There are a few small, wide wooden stairs...
This is a damaged and torn postcard. A caption on the front is partially illegible. It reads, "A-1327 --- Road, Jones Point N.Y. Leading to Tomkins Cove, N.Y." The postcard shows a dirt road with a fence and building right along side it. There are...