William Henry Hand poses in cap and gown at a ceremony at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill. He was an inventor and was employed by Thomas Edison. Later he operated his own firm in South Nyack. He was an outstanding citizen and served on the...
This portrait of William Henry Hand was painted by world famous Russian-American painter Elizabeth Shoumatoff. She had painted presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. Hand was a resident of Nyack and a colleague of Thomas Edison.
The elegant Ross-Hand mansion was built in 1864 by Azariah Ross. It was later bought and renovated by William Hand. The Hand family lived there until the latter part of the 20th century. William Henry Hand was a colleague of Thomas Edison.The stone...
