Two young women pose for a studio portrait. Their dress suggests that some special occasion, perhaps party or graduation. The young woman on the left as we view her wears a dress of printed fabric, her sleeves elaborated with a series of peplums...
Seville B. Shippey wore a dark dress with ruffled satin trim for her school portrait. Her hair, piled atop her head, is very curly. She wears glasses and earrings. She began teaching in Nyack in 1871 or 1872.
Sidney W. Merritt had wavy hair and a curly half beard. He signed his portrait in a bold script, with flourishes on the capitals S and M. He was the principal from 1854 to 1856.
Eber Lane has gray curly hair and a wispy beard. He was the Liberty Street School principal from 1857 to 1862. This portrait of Eber Lane was taken later in his life. In "Families in Nyack before 1900", Vol. 2, Carl Nordstrom says that Lane was...
Cabinet card depicting a full-length portrait of a young child standing in front of a bench, on which the left hand rests. A large, patterned rug covers the floor, and in the slightly out of focus background hangs a curtain. The child wears black...
Cabinet card of girl in a light shirt with ruffled front piece and collar, and puffed sleeves. Her dark hair is half up, half down with curly bangs. A plaid stripe detail in the fabric can be faintly seen. Written on the back in pencil is “Mrs....
Cabinet card of a woman with a low bun and curly bangs. She wears a light dress with pleated front and dark buttoned closure. A white ruffled collar rises above a dark neck. She wears small, round earrings.
Cabinet card of a woman from the waist up wearing a dark dress with puffed long-sleeves. A dark lace collar is joined by a brooch. Her hair is pulled back except for curly bangs.
A young mother and her toddler baby are posed in Victorian dress. The baby is sitting on the mother's lap on a fur throw. The curly haired child is holding and looking at an identified object. The child is wearing a long dress, with elbow length...
