Resorts; Vacations; Lodging houses; Summer; Accordions; Musical instruments; Folk music;
An accordion player dressed in lederhosen (leather shorts) and suspenders sits on a barrel in front of the porch at the Mill Brook House. The person standing next to him is apparently a man dressed in a woman's bathing suit and hat. Located at...
The Barclay House is on DePew Avenue between South Mill and Prospect Streets. New doors, windows, siding, and shingles - but the basic structure of this small, charming house was retained. The house was built after the railroad reached Nyack in...
This brick mill building is one of a few surviving industrial sites in the Village of Nyack. Shoes were made here. There is an extensive history in the 1988-89 Neiweg and Reimann "Survey of Historic Buildings Village of Nyack, New York," pp. 1 and ...
The present Village of Saugerties was originally incorporated in 1831 as the Village of Ulster. This map is from 1850 before the name change to Saugerties in 1855. A penciled note; "(74734) [1850?]"; on the map face near the bottom right indicates...
James writes to his aunts and asks them not to write such solemn letters since he is all alone and far from home. He is getting along well, and is working in a saw mill and lumber yard. He has not had time "to hunt for hens nor gals", and thinks...
Pickup trucks; Rivers; Land; Smokestacks; Water towers;
An early model pick-up truck is parked on a street adjacent to a vacant lot. The lot is lined on two edges near the road with an overgrown hedge. There is other debris on the lot. The far side of the lot borders a river. There is a two story,...
The roof lines and the central chimney were used to identify this house on the 1884 View of Nyack by Burleigh. It's a simple house with clean lines and an appealing aspect.
This modest house, close to the sidewalk on South Mill Street, has been covered with stucco but has kept its original porch details. No match can be made on the Sanborn Insurance maps with this house and we assume the house address has been changed.
The Jackson Avenue side of the Mill shows ornamental brick detailing above the windows. The ground story has been built into the hillside.This was originally a shoe factory.
Map of the Town of Rhinebeck surveyed and drawn by Alexander Thompson, December-January 1797-1798. At this time the Town of Red Hook was part of the Town of Rhinebeck.
Items that can be found on map - Long Lake; Round Lake; Wrakamak Swamp; Part...
The Village of Piermont with its scramble of streets, the Sparkill Creek, the massive Robert Gair Paper Mill, and the marinas all press up against the foggy Hudson River.
Postcards; Photographs; Streams; Mills; Water power;
Photo postcard of the "old" water powered saw mill on the Otterkill in West Chester, Orange County, N. Y. House in background was F.B. Seely residence, who operated this mill and others.
Colorized postcard Looking south on Mill St (Route 9); horse and carriage driving north, passing over bridge at Landsman Kill. Note light fixtures on bridge. Called Astor bridge because adjacent to Astor Home
