Letter written by Gertrude Dubois to her cousin Sarah, describing the aftermath of the burning of the Normal School and her travels to Poughkeepsie. A drawing depicts a silk waistcoat and hat.
In this letter from Rachel to her father, she makes the case for discontinuing her studies in Poughkeepsie. She hasn’t found any courses she wants to study in the next term, except for music, and doesn’t think it worthwhile to pay the sum of...
Rachel writes to her father discussing a variety of topics. She asks why Sol and Sarah have no visited her yet, hoping that they did not get into trouble on their way. She also says she doesn't want to go on a visit with a friend because she is...
This is not the Birchwood Avenue of today. This Birchwood Avenue in Upper Nyack has trees and fields on either side; the present day Birchwood is lined with houses. The road drops steeply from Route 9W to Midland Avenue, and then down to Broadway....
This picture doesn't show all the details of this pre-1924 house on Shadyside Avenue. Was it once called the cobble house? Note the cobblestone porch pillars. The Kenneth Sweet family lived here in the 1920s. There are fifty steps leading to the...
John Lodico, Sr. talks about growing up in Upper Nyack near the river in the Van Houten's Landing neighborhood near the river. He focuses on the Italian American immigrant culture there, particularly as epitomized by his father, his time at Nyack...
Winston C. Perry, Jr., village historian of Upper Nyack, discusses the history of the Perry family and the historic Van Houten's Landing neighborhood in Upper Nyack.
This mansard-roofed Victorian house was once the home of writer Carson McCullers. The house is practically surrounded by porches and there's hardly a surface that doesn't have a friendly bay window.
Miriam Haagens Wexler talks about her life: how she came to American from Holland on December 7, 1939 and later how the family came to Nyack. Along the way she talks about the Clarkstown Country, her family, her home, and especially her garden. ...
This is the White Avenue side of 180 South Franklin Street. The front porch detailing is repeated on the side and back. The ground level has been dug into the hillside and doesn't extend to the back of the dwelling. See also Nyack Library image...
Wouldn't it be neat to have an identification for this picture? Automobiles or horseless carriages were new and here are two - loaded with people - poised in front of a house. (Interestingly, the shutters on the house are closed.) The car on the...
This image is strange, as the face of the young woman doesn't correspond with the arms and the shoulder width. Nothing, however, is known about the woman or the photographer's studio.
The picture doesn't do justice to this house of stone and windows. It was the carriage house for #920 when Carol Channing lived there in the 1950s. There is a history of the house in Terry Talley's book, "Gems of the Hudson."
The Nyack Library has more than one copy of this bird's eye image of the village and the river. The interesting part of this postcard is the note, "Got your postal all right. We are going out on the river this afternoon and as it is rough I expect...
