"Wildercliff" was built in 1799 by the Methodist Circuit rider Freeborn Garretson, seen here walking with his wife Catherine, another Livingston daughter, and their little girl Mary. She is playing in the Methodist Grove, where large outdoor...
The Meadows a stone house, which may have been designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, was built in the Gothic Revival style for Mr. and Mrs. William P. Wainwright. The house was extensively remodeled and renamed Leacote by Douglas Merritt. The house...
Originally known as Asher Pond, Crystal Lake, located on Landsman Kill was dammed as a mill pond for Beekman's mill. After the mill burned, the area on the west end of the lake became the Legion Park.
Gothic Revival Cottage, located on the former Linwood property of the J. Ruppert Schalk Estate. Left to right Carl Ebers, Anna Ebers, his wife and Anna M. Ebers his daughter, and Gustave Ebers, his son.
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.
Ferncliff Mansion on River Road was built by William B. Astor and occupied by his descendants, John Jacob Astor and Vincent Astor before being demolished after World War II.
The Rhinebeck Hotel (later the Beekman Arms) is in the background. Rhinebeck's first steamroller with the highway staff stand in front of the Hotel. Charles Staley, superintendent of the highway crew is in the center with his hand on the wheel.
The work men are standing in the middle of the printing room. On the left is a cabinet housing the various fonts and letter sizes to print the newspaper. The men would set the type and the machine on the right would print on the paper. The printing...
Rhinebeck Gazette won this 1925 trophy for the best editorial page. The Gazette had won awards in various state competitions. The Rhinebeck Gazette competed in a national competion and won this silver cup in 1925. The award was for having the best...
July 1909, the Rhinebeck Gazette purchased a Mergenthaler Junior Linotype composing machine. The keyboard is similar to a typewriter. This machine was used to set the type that would be printed in the newspaper. In 1910 it was considered one of the...
This is the award winning editorial page that the Rhinebeck Gazette used to announce the eightieth birthday of the paper on April 26, 1926. Jacob H. Strong, editor of the paper, is in the center with his autograph beneath his picture.
The man standing on the right is putting blank sheets into the printing press. The man sitting is working on reviewing the typeset. There are two people in the back by the windows setting type. A small job press is on the left used for ads and...
The man standing in the middle is working on a press. To the left of the man is a stack of unwrapped newspaper. The long blade with a handle is a paper cutter. Behind the paper cutter is a paper hole punch.
In the left rear corner of the shop is the type set department. The large business safe has "Books and Records of the Rhinebeck Gazette" on the front of the doors. The man working at the front desk has a 1920's telephone with the ear piece hanging...
Jake Strong Sr., editor of the Rhinebeck Gazette is sitting in his office. On the desk is a 1920's telephone, inkwell, electric light and a pipe & tobacco stand. To the left of the desk is the office safe. On top of the safe is the 1925 silver...
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Allan Ryan, owner of the famous Ankony Farm owned this decorated woodie station wagon. The car was decorated for the Dutchess County Fair, Rhinebeck, New York. The Ryan family of Ankony Farms showed Angus cattle, horses and dogs at the fair.
