July 1909, the Rhinebeck Gazette purchased a Mergenthaler Junior Linotype composing machine. The keyboard is similar to a typewriter. This machine was used to set the type that would be printed in the newspaper. In 1910 it was considered one of the...
Washington's Coach is a reminder of the picturesque and leisurely-going mode of travel in Colonial days, before the invention of steam and electric cars and automobiles. - letterpress caption from verso of postcard
Large lecture hall filled with female students all dressed in light colored attire. Large light fixtures hang from the ceiling, helping date this photograph after the invention of electricity.
A lone traveller stands alongside a dirt road that leads to Rockland Lake, a spring-fed lake about 150 feet above the Hudson River. Rockland Lake was famous for its ice-cutting and storage operations, until the invention of electric refrigeration.
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This advertisement was published in 1915 in Pawling School's yearbook, The Scroll, and the man pictured in the illustration was known as "The Arrow Collar Man, " forerunner to "The Marlborough Man." The detachable collars could be attached to dress...
Inventory form for building located on Clubhouse Rd; east side recording the following information: John F. Barry (owner at time of inventory). 2-story; rectangular; gable roof; stucco; 1/2-timbering; 6/6; sliding stable doors; glass enclosed...
