Group photograph of Joe Boyle, Con Boyle, V. Braffitt (Victoria Braffett), J. Braffitt (Josephine Braffett), Mary Bradnick, Edna Van Rompye (Rompaye), Joe McDuff.
Dry plate negatives; School children; Snow; Sleds & sleighs; Fences;
Eight children are returning home from school. The children are standing in the snow by a picket fence. Two sleds are parked in the snow. The children are dressed in hats, coats and scarves. Some of the children are carrying lunch pails and school...
Photographs; Students; Drawings; Tables; Children; Paintings; Handicraft; Classrooms; Women
A student in the Nursery program sits at a round table with 3 children. In the background are children's drawings, an easel, clothes rack for hanging paintings and a cubby. The kids are working on a craft project.
On the Franklin Street side of the No Harm Store were displayed a number of Earth Day paintings made by local school children. One reads, "Wishes for the Environment for the New Millennium 2000 Congers Elementary Kids for a Clean Environment."
Gene Brown, author of Birds over Bear Mountain and a life-long resident of Upper Nyack, talks about his childhood, his education at the Upper Nyack School and the games and recreational activities children played in the Van Houten's Landing...
John Lodico, Sr. talks about growing up in Upper Nyack near the river in the Van Houten's Landing neighborhood near the river. He focuses on the Italian American immigrant culture there, particularly as epitomized by his father, his time at Nyack...
Winston C. Perry, Jr., village historian of Upper Nyack, discusses the history of the Perry family and the historic Van Houten's Landing neighborhood in Upper Nyack.
Fire fighters; Fire engines & equipment; Fire fighting; Fire stations;
Everett "Smoky" Wanamaker talks about Empire Hook and Ladder Company in Upper Nyack and the role of the Wanamkaer family in the department. The origins of "The Goosetown against the World" slogan of the department are discussed as well as some of...
Jo Peabody and Jeanne Peabody Walsh remember their husband and father, Paul Peabody. Paul was born in 1931 and died in 2002. He was a puppeteer and the author of the children's book, Blackberry Hollow. They also fondly recall life in the...
Discussion includes Virgil Cross, his work at Mohonk Mountain House and the family business which included a coal yard, a grocery store and the Cross Lumber Company, and rationing during World War II.
Discussion includes Tillson family lineage going back to the American Revolution. Includes movement from Dutchess County to Ulster County and family milling businesses.
