Boy campers sit on the rocks and in the trees of Cruger Island, then the location of the Ward boys' camp and now protected wetland of the Tivoli Bays reserve.
An unidentified boy poses proudly for a photograph in an earlier time. The caption reads: "Stagecoach in background made regular trips between Madalin and the Tivoli railroad depot. The fare was 25 cents.
". . . The boy who has found a red ear kisses the girl who brings the cider." ("Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office") Notice Dows's inclusion of a black slave laborer in lower right corner. Slavery officially persisted in New York State until 1799....
". . . The boy who has found a red ear kisses the girl who brings the cider." ("Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office") Notice Dows's inclusion of a black slave laborer in lower right corner. Slavery officially persisted in New York State until 1799....
Photograph of Boy Scout Liberty Bond rally. The boys display a banner promoting the purchase of Liberty Bonds, which was the bond drive supporting the World War One effort.
Decorated carriage on Elm Street with boy following, apparently coming from or on the way to a parade. Note: They are pointed away from Main Street, in front of what is known, in 2006, as #5 Elm Street.
Photographs; Group portraits; Farms; Soldiers; Guides & scouts;
Panoramic photograph with Brook Farm buildings in background. From May Murray's diary:
Wednesday, May 30, 1917
"On the way back from the cemetery, the parade went up to Brook Farm and had pictures taken - firemen - soldiers - Boy Scouts -...
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. ...
Clippings; Water supply; Lakes & ponds; Actions & defenses; Lawyers;
This article reports on a lawsuit concerning the conflict between the Village of Chester's use and control of Walton Lake as its water supply and the surrounding property owners.
