Photograph of Brooks Carriage & Sleigh Factory, located in Downtown Chester on Main Street at Center Street. With the advent of the automobile, it became Brook's Garage. Currently, 2006, this building is occupied by Bodle’s Opera House.
Photograph of Pop Steven's Garage on the old Monroe-Chester Road, looking east towards Monroe. It became NY Route 17. After the Quickway was constructed in the 1960's (Routes NY 17 & US 6 - soon to become I86) it was renamed Lehigh Ave. Pop...
Photographs; Billboards; Automobile service stations; Roads;
Photograph of the State Road looking west towards Chester.
Behind trees: Pop Steven's Garage, "Hudson & Essex, Stevens Service Station" on the old Monroe-Chester Road, which became Route 17. Now 2005 called Lehigh Ave. Later, Pop Steven's Garage...
This letter to the editor, clipped from the Chester Independent Republican newspaper, discusses two proposed routes for the new state road connecting Chester and Monroe. The swamp road, as "Farmer's Boy" calls it, was the one that was built. ...
Postcards; Buildings; Storefronts; Automobiles; Automobile service stations;
Photo postcard of the "The Square" - intersection of Main Street and Academy Avenue, opposite the Durland Store. The wooden Murray’s Garage structure was moved to the Murray’s residence back yard and replaced with a concrete block garage in...
This open air car with the steering wheel on the right and iron wheels is heading South on Route 9 in the Village of Rhinebeck. The license plate reads 72493 NY. The two men are warmly dressed in winter coats and hats for the snowy road conditions.
Two men are sitting in an open air car on Mill Street in the Village of Rhinebeck. The car is parked on the snow covered road in front of the Rhinebeck Hotel. This photo was taken before 1917 when the Rhinebeck Hotel became the Beekman Arms Hotel.
Photographs; Automobiles; Automobile service stations; Automobile industry; Automobile repair;
4 bay auto garage titled Kozaczek Bros, specializing in fuel injection systems. Gas pumps are in front of the garage as well as a rusted 1959 Cadillac Eldorado white Biarritz.
