Birthday parties; Children; Stone buildings; Houses; Doors & doorways;
Sixteen children at JoAnn Oakley's birthday party pose in front of the Oakley home at 40 Brookside Avenue in New Paltz, New York. The girls are all wearing dresses; some of them have bows in their hair. Most of these...
Business districts; Architecture; Young Men's Christian associations;
Pictured is the east side of South Broadway, from DePew Avenue to Remsen Street. On the left are the YMCA and an antique gallery, formerly an A & P. The building on the right housed the Hugh E. White Funeral Home.
At the time of the 1974 addition to the Nyack Library, little was changed in the Carnegie Room. The clock was a gift of the Thursday Reading Class of 1904. The 1903 fireplace was built in memory of Quentin McAdam and Anna Booth.
"In Memory of Quentin McAdam and Anna Booth" reads the inscription over the fireplace in the Carnegie Room. The picture was taken for the centennial of the Nyack Library in 1979. McAdam and Booth were brother and sister and both were active in the...
This gorgeous house, originally built in 1839, has a pleasing asymmetrical aspect. The foundation is red sandstone, and the cellar has cedar floor boards. The original portion had 4 fireplaces and 6 more were added in the 1880s. Other additions...
The Hugh E. White Funeral Home was at 43 South Broadway, in a house once owned by Quentin MCAdam, a lawyer who was a supporter of the Nyack Library. The building at the left was the A & P supermarket.
Quentin McAdam was a balding and bearded young-looking man when this picture was made. He was a school trustee in 1871 and 1872. He was described as a respected lawyer with a practice in New York City. His name is on the fireplace in the Nyack...
