An early image of the Saugerties Lighthouse on the Hudson River. Built in 1869, it had fallen into serious disrepair by the 1970s and 1980s. Through the efforts of the Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy, the structure has been renovated; it is...
Photograph of dwelling located on the corner of High Street & Hambletonian Avenue, Chester, NY. William Rysdyk, of Hambletonian fame, sold the residence to Dr. C. P. Smith, Sr., who later sold it to Geo. M. Roe, great uncle of Arno Beiling who...
Photograph of work gang truck parked on what may be the Monroe-Chester Road. Note: benches mounted along sides of load bed. Left bench has blanket. License plate # 852-099 NY 1930. Sign on tree: "Rippo?an ? ?"
Newspaper article reporting the discovery of a mastadon or mammoth in the Chester Black Dirt. (This article was electronically clipped from our complete issue of the United States Gazette)
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. ...
Post card advertising the Pullmanette Davenport sold by Chas. J. Stones Furniture Co. of Newburgh, New York.
Sent to Mrs. Geo. H. Mapes of Chester, N. Y.
Newspaper article about the arson trial resulting from the investigation following the disastrous fire of July 5, 1877 that consumed much of downtown Chester.
Photographs; Medicine; Medical illustrations; Medical equipment & supplies; Nurses
A nursing student prepares a shot (possibly of insulin). A man lies in a hospital bed and two women, one in a bathrobe, sit across from him. A diagram for administering an insulin shot can be seen in the background.
The Town of Coxsackie, New York, is located on the west side of the Hudson River. This map locates houses with last names of owners, though occasionally only initials are used. Sites of stores, brick yards, schools, cemetaries, named farms, toll...
