This piece is a collaboration between poet Anne Gorrick and visual artist Cynthia Winika. They were inspired by Ernest Shackleton's voyage to the South Pole and to the Chinese notion of the three perfections in art.
(A) A man, a woman and two children grouped on an outdoor stairway appear to be a family. The man has a beard and wears boots. The little girl wears a long sleeved dress; the little boy wears a jacket and vest. The woman wears an apron over her...
(A) Formal studio portrait of Gertrude and George Abrams. Gertrude was born in 1861 to James and Catherine Crookston who lived in the Tuthill section of Gardiner, N.Y. She was one of at least six children. She married George Abrams on January 30,...
The large frame house was built as a private home for William E. DuBois in 1899. Daniel Shaw bought the house and property in 1932 for $12,000. He immediately built a large swimming pool and pond by erecting a 60-foot-long dam across the Millbrook....
This three-story house with tower and large porch was built in 1899 for William E. DuBois in New Paltz, NY. He owned the house from 1899 to 1932. It was designed for him by a C. Wheeler; the architectural house plans are filed in the...
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...
William Conrad Kaiser Sr. (1843-1925) stands in his front yard holding a small dog. Tthe three-story brick house was built in 1892 with bricks from Low's local brickyard. Note the barn behind the house.
Little Dirk R. DeWitt joins "Casey" in the cab of the massive engine on the Wallkill Valley Railroad, New Paltz-Gardiner section. This steam locomotive was an engine in the Ten Wheeler class (4-6-0s). It was originally one of twenty made in...
Handwritten letter dated June 15, 1836, from David Boyd, owner of a tanning business in Poughkeepsie, NY, to his 11-year-old son John Gary Boyd. John is a student at the Academy School, located on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, NY. He is obviously...
Invoice/receipt for a total of $56.89 paid to P. P. Elting. In the late 1850's and early 1860's, Philip P. Elting (1836-1876) was briefly the proprietor of a store located on lower Main Street in the village of New Paltz, NY. The material purchased...
