Called variously the Gardener's Cottage or Gardener's Lodge, this building served as the gatehouse to the Donaldson estate, Blithewood. Though A.J. Davis is often credited as the architect, an 1845 article in an agricultural publication entitled...
This letter to the editor, clipped from the Chester Independent Republican newspaper, discusses two proposed routes for the new state road connecting Chester and Monroe. The swamp road, as "Farmer's Boy" calls it, was the one that was built. ...
Newspaper clipping relates an early history of the fresh milk dairy industry. Believe written by Edward Harold Mott, famed author of “Between the Ocean and the Lakes; The Story of Erie.”
Clippings; Water supply; Lakes & ponds; Actions & defenses; Lawyers;
This article reports on a lawsuit concerning the conflict between the Village of Chester's use and control of Walton Lake as its water supply and the surrounding property owners.
March 3, 1944 V-mail written by Joseph R. Barrs to Henry Staley of Cottage Farm in Rhinebeck, New York from "somewhere in England" during World War II.
Greene County, New York is on the west side of the Hudson River, south of Albany County and North of Ulster County. This is an overview map depicting the Towns, Hamlets and Villages of Greene County with streams and some natural features located....
Postcards; Military academies; Military facilities; Cannons; Steamboats;
Several different size cannon barrels mounted on cement bases. The Hudson River can be seen in the background on the right. Trophy Point has long been recognized as a strategically important location on the Hudson River, this spot has long been...
Celebrations; Fire fighters; Fire engines & equipment; Horses;
A celebration at the S.W.Johnson Steamer firehouse. The firehouse is decorated with bunting and ribbons. The two-story firehouse is brick. The windows have wooden shutters and the firehouse doors are wood. Above the firehouse doors is a banner that...
A car is in each of the two bays of this garage and another parked outside in front of one of the bays. This building has two levels. The first level is concrete and features numerous cracks. The second level is brick and structural damage is...
This is a view over some trees on the shoreline of a reserve fleet of warships. The numerous warships are anchored in close proximity to each other not far from the river's shoreline.
In the foreground of the picture, a rock quarry and its machinery are seen. The quarry is on the banks of the Hudson River and on the river, in the photograph's background there are rows of battleships. The battleships are numerous. On the left...
This image consists of two photographs positioned one above the other. The top photograph shows a baseball field with people lined up along the first and third base lines. There is an individual standing on the pitcher's mound holding an American...
This is a series of four color photographs showing lumber and construction at the shoreline of a river. The upper left photograph shows a series of utility poles lying prone on a sandy shoreline. The poles are positioned next to a low wooden fence....
