In the spring 2005 issue of About Town magazine, Dorothy Crane writes about the 'pool by the falls': "The pool was an integral part of summer life at Bard for 20 years after the college acquired it. A green canopy of overhanging trees shaded the...
This postcard depicts another angle of the Blithewood pool. Acquired by Bard with the Blithewood estate in 1951, the college maintained the pool until the early 1970s. In the spring 2005 issue of About Town magazine, Dorothy Crane writes about the...
". . . 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....
Sketch for Rhinebeck Post Office mural panel depicting a 1780's "cornshucking bee."
Sketches for the Rhinebeck post office murals were first executed by Dowsand trasferred to linen canvas which was then colored with thin turpentine glazes and...
". . . 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....
Postcards; Floats (Parades); Indians of North America; Snakes; Tribal chiefs;
The first sachem of the Iroquois - The first Sachem of the League was the venerable Atotar-ho, a famous Onondaga chief. The Indian traditions represented him as living in a swamp, where his dishes and drinking cups were made of the skulls of his...
James tells his sister that the rebels are giving themselves up and that they are tired of the war. He wishes that everyone would tire of the war. He speaks of the officers and their parties, especially the drinking and womanizing they do. He says,...
This page is taken up with a photograph which takes up the majority of the page. The photograph is an interior shot of Boulderberg Manor. The higly-ornate ceiling dominated the photograph. This is a passageway and the first few steps of the...
