Seventh grade class of Valley Cottage Elementary School. Front row sitting: Henry Reynolds, Beatrice Whittaker, Mary Walsh, Matilda Grunwald, Cynthia Fava, Frances Woods, Mary Bower, and Spencer Starr. Second row standing: Peter Melnick, Ronald...
This is a series of six captioned photographs accompanied by a typed article describing a school dedication. At the top of the page there is a difficult to read headline that states 'New Jr.-Sr. high building dedicated'. At the bottom of the page,...
Three young men kneel in the front row of this group portrait of a school basketball team. The kneeling boy in the middle is holding a basketball on which is written "T.C.H.S 1916-17". The boys kneeling on either end are each holding onto a portion...
This is a timber framed memorial plaque honoring the workers at the Robert Gair Company that gave their lives during WWII. The sign is constructed of two large timber posts with a timber and wood pediment at the top. A sign at the top reads, "In...
On the Nyack Junior High School stage are seated several dozen well-dressed students. The students must be seventh or eighth graders. They are all gazing at Superintendent MacCalman as he speaks.
Twelve members of the Nyack Police Department are pictured, each in a portion of a cut-out paper frame. The frame is mounted on a masonite board. On the back of the board is taped a list written by Virginia Parkhurst. Top row: Chief Raymond Gray,...
A pleasure craft and a barge are tied up at the foot of Burd Street in Nyack. The dock was the property of the North River Steam Ship Company. The sloop was the "Spray," in which Joshua Slocum sailed alone around the world. The letters PRAY are...
School superintendents; School principals; Reporters;
A. W. Rittenhausen, principal of Nyack High School, and Kenneth MacCalman, superintendent of the Nyack School district, talk with Mary Virginia Parkhurst, reporter for the Journal News.
Nyack policemen, in full uniform, face the camera. The banner behind them would probably define the occasion but not enough of the message can be read. In the front row are (left to right) Raymond Gray (Happy), Everett Forshay, Charles Sherwood,...
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.
Mary Virginia Parkhurst sits at a banquet table with a number of young women. A man at the table has his back to us but may be Kenneth MacCalman, superintendent of schools. The date and the occasion are unknown, but one hypothesis is a dinner for...
The Nyack Jaycees are on their way to Jamestown, presumably to a convention. In the front seat are Betty and Bruce Cameron. The back seat holds Herman Branath at the left, unknown center, and Michael McDermott on the right. Standing in the back are...
Five Nyack men are engaged in a jovial discussion. From left to right are Harry G. Smith, Rev. John Taylor of Nyack Missionary College, Rev. Dean Martin of the First Reformed Church of Nyack, Loring Manley, and Kenneth MacCalman, superintendent of...
In the center is Dr. Joseph Phillips, who was the superintendent of schools in Nyack after Kenneth MacCalman retired. The man at the left is tentatively identified as Emil Schwab. The occasion is unknown.
This picture doesn't show all the details of this pre-1924 house on Shadyside Avenue. Was it once called the cobble house? Note the cobblestone porch pillars. The Kenneth Sweet family lived here in the 1920s. There are fifty steps leading to the...
Kenneth Newton Merritt, in his football uniform, stands at the Overlook Academy (School) in Nyack. His turtleneck sweater do not conceal shoulder pads, and his pants are laced and padded above high boots.
Known as the Sweets, this house was bought by Kenneth and Cora Sweet in 1924. There is a history of their family and the Derven family in Terry Talley's book, "Gems of the Hudson." The turreted Victorian was built about 1868 on the site of the...
