"Rockland Female Institute," From The Tourist's Guide through the Empire State. 1871. Artist unknown. Opened in 1856, the institute provided higher education for women. It was located in South Nyack between Piermont Avenue and the Hudson River,...
A block of buildings south of the Tappan Zee Playhouse just before being demolished for Urban Renewal. The buildings range from 1 to 3 stories. A frame house is in the background left. Three of the cars in the picture are Volkswagen bugs.
A carriage carrying re-enactors of the historic Washington-Carleton meeting follows the route from Piermont's Onderdonk House to Tappan's DeWint House.
A century ago, the courthouse and jail for Rockland County were built of brick and were attached. New City was selected as the seat of the county government in the late 1700s. Before that, Tappan was the county seat. This was the second courthouse...
A close-up of the ticket booth for the Tappan Zee Playhouse: Signs in the background indicate that actress Helen Hayes was lending her name to the preservation project. Even that did not save the theater.
A copy of a Rockland Review article in which the Ivanhoe Inn is described as the place where Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur wrote the play, "Front Page." Village historian Jean Pardo identifies that as an error. The inn which the playwrights rented...
A couple sits at the edge of the boat, with the waters of the river behind them. They were to observe the installation of the last part of the superstructure of the Tappan Zee Bridge.
A crane and several ladders are in place to begin the demolition of the Tappan Zee Playhouse on South Broadway in Nyack. The 1911 theater fell into disrepair during the 1970s and all efforts to save it failed.
A crane lifts huge girders and timbers into place as the height of the Tappan Zee Bridge superstructure grows. All this complexity was created to pour cement for the supports.
Houses; Stone buildings; Wells; Flowers; Lantern slides;
A detailed view of the well at the Haring - DeWolf House in Old Tappan, NJ. It is believed the house was built in 1704 by Cosyn Haring, an original patentee of the Tappan Patent.
