Black and white postcard titles "Overflow Swartwout's Lake, Congers, NY." Swartwout Lake is in Congers, between Route 303 and Route 9W. It is northwest of Rockland Lake.
A group of men stand outside a small building. The card has this caption: "The Stovepipe Committee will meet daily from 7 A. M. until 7 P. M. at the Shanty, Congers, NY." The photographer was a resident of Rockland Lake, NY.
Pictures are three single family homes on Congers Avenue in Congers. A horse-drawn delivery wagon is in front of the second house. The photographer was a resident of Rockland Lake, NY.
Three small pictures are arranged vertically. The top and bottom are of St. Paul's Church in Congers. The middle picture is of St. Michael's Church in Rockland Lake. The photographer was a resident of Rockland Lake, NY.
Rockland Lake ice, harvested almost every winter in the 1800s, was considered the best in the world. The inclined elevator would have been used to lower blocks of ice from the store houses along the edge of Rockland Lake. Gondola-like cars would...
When the ice industry was still important, Rockland Lake had a bustling community of houses, stores, churches, and repair shops. One of the huge ice houses is at the lower right. The brown building in the center is the power house for the cable...
Men standing on a plankway at the edge of the ice guide large slabs unto the elevators that lift them into the ice house. The huge buildings, insulated with hickory sawdust, would keep the ice cold until late summer. The photographer was a resident...
The steamer "Chrystenah" nears the dock below Rockland Landing. Passengers will disembark and ride up the hill to Rockland Lake. A tugboat waits at the right. The photographer was a resident of Rockland Lake, NY.
This view of Congers includes a large ice house on Swartout Lake, a pond next to St. Paul's Church, and Reiner's Bar on the left. Houses and businesses are centered around the two lakes, Congers on the left and Swartout on the right. In the...
This double size aerial postcard features the Village of Rockland Lake and the north ice house. At the water's edge are several buildings which produced power for the ice industry and in the center, a small part of the cog railroad which carried...
