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...
Clarence M. Travis stands in the center of a large room in which four men are cutting stones. Another man looks on at the right. Light comes in several windows at the back and above.
The famous Rockland Lake ice industry, owned by the Knickbocker Ice Company, had its hub in the tiny village of Rockland Lake. Once the lake froze in the winter months, local men began the laborious process of cutting and storing huge slabs of ice....
