Newspaper article about the arson trial resulting from the investigation following the disastrous fire of July 5, 1877 that consumed much of downtown Chester.
Harry Kaiser sits with his feet on an ottoman in front of a fireplace smoking a cigar. This interior shot was taken in the Kaiser family residence located at 39 N. Chestnut St., New Paltz, NY. Caption on back of the photograph...
Two men pose on the front porch of the Independent Printing Office; one man in shirt sleeves stands on the bottom step. The frame structure was built in 1888 for Ralph LeFevre, longtime publisher and editor of the "New Paltz Independent", a local...
Two men at the entrance of Louis D'Avanzo's Tonsorial Parlor & Pool Room. There are several small items on display in the windows. There is also an advertisement in the window for cigars. Beneath the window is an advertisement for Office of...
This photograph depicts some of the wares of wholesale grocers Howard & Company. Items photographed include coffee tins with the inscription "Howard & Co., Importers and Roasters, Newburgh, N.Y.", and under that "Fresh Roasted Coffee," a burlap...
This postcard is a photograph taken of the Streit Brothers drugstore which was located at 115 Water Street in Newburgh, N.Y. It depicts the brothers William and Carl Streit, druggists and chemists, standing in front of their shop which has signs...
Cigar store Indians; Cigar industry; Hardware stores;
In 1910, the Commercial Building of Nyack occupied the corner of Burd Street and Broadway and had three businesses on the ground floor: John R. Kelley Cigars, Victor Talong Machines, and a hardware dealer. Beyond is the Everett Hotel. A wooden...
John A. DeVries sold sporting goods, toys, cameras and stationery at 32 South Broadway. (A.S. Carr was the previous owner of the establishment.) The sporting goods department included bicycles and motor cycles. Cigars and fishing tackle were for...
These Nyack businesses were identified from the 1914 Directory: #89 Main was William Bugbee, stationery and sporting goods; Henry Iden, delicatessen at #91; Regina Faust, cigars at #93; and The Office, a bar and hotel in the building on the right...
Looking west from Cedar Street, both sides of Main Street are lined with cars. Peterzell's Stationery - greeting cards, papers, magazines, and cigars - is on the corner. They advertised "50 feet of greeting cards." There is a Studebaker in front...
Cars line both sides of Nyacks' Main Street on this busy day in 1935. On the south side are the Nyack Hotel - dine, dance, bar; Rockland Ellish Furriers- complete fur storage; Neustart Drugs - Cut Rate Drugs; H. T. Holliday Jeweler; The Office Bar...
