The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This advertisement was sent to Joseph Durland, a founding member...
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This advertisement was sent to Joseph Durland, a founding member...
Clippings; History; Historical societies; Historians; Land grants; Taverns (Inns);
Newspaper clipping reporting on a Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct meeting featuring Frank Durland’s paper on the importance of Chester in history. Apparently, this was clipped from Dr. Wesley Wait's copy of the newspaper.
Crowds; Buildings; Fire engines & equipment; Automobiles; Coats;
Twenty-two men in hats and overcoats stand in two lines holding a hose. Four men stand in a large doorway with two open wooden doors. Behind them is a large wheeled, fire-hose reel wagon with a bell. Visible beyond that is the back of an early...
Fisherman and author Ray Bergman poses on a wooden dock with his rod and reel and a large-mouthed fish. Bergman was born in Nyack in 1891 and died in 1966. He wrote for "Outdoor Life" magazine and was the author of several books on fishing. "Trout"...
A young boy, perhaps only four or five years old, sits fishing atop a piling at the water's edge. He is wearing a smock and long dark stockings, and has a rod and reel on his left side. At first glance the child appears to be a girl but the seller...
Working at the edge of the Hudson River in Grand View, several fisherman are slowly hauling in a large shad net. The reel for the task is at the right.
This is an announcement and program for an annual ball to take place on January 27, 1869 for the Empire Engine Company. The ball will take place at Mead's Hotel in Upper Piermont. The program lists all of dances that will take place for the evening.
