A crowd is listening to this unidentified singer during the first "Clearwater' sloop fund-raising festival to be held in Nyack. Memorial Park on the waterfront was the setting in August 1970. A large sign in the background proclaims, "This river is...
Shown here as the girls dormitory known as "The Homestead", this house was later purchased and renovated by Saul Bellow. The house was subsequently purchased by Bard College for faculty housing (during which time it was known as "Bellows' House"),...
The launching of the "Palisades." A picture of the ship itself, named the "Palisades" because Palisades bought so many Liberty Loans during World War I.
This photograph of a sculpture entitled "Seclusion" was taken by the artist, Robert Bassler, class of 1957, shortly after her installation in the fountain at Blithewood garden. The sculpture was created as part of his senior project, and at the...
This is a John Scott photograph of an Edwin Dahlberg painting. The '76 House in Tappan has been an inn and a restaurant for over 200 years, and the architectural details of the interior are faithful to the original building. During the...
This sandstone building has been a tavern or restaurant since the 1700's. During the Revolutionary War, a small room in the tavern became John Andre's prison cell; it's behind the window on the far right. The building is now the '76 House...
As Nyack businesses expanded up Main Street during the early 1900s, houses became businesses. In this case, the transformation was horrid as storefronts were cobbled onto a pair of attached houses, obliterating the fine features of the homes. Many...
Restaurants; Stone buildings; Historic buildings; Architectural elements;
The 1776 House has been an inn or bar or restaurant since the 1700s. Brick encloses the window featured here, and larger sandstone blocks surround the brick. It was the site of John Andre's trial during the Revolutionary War.
Letter written by Johannes Lefevre to his brother Peter during his Junior year at Union College in Schenectady, NY. He tells his brother that an applicant with "one fourth negro blood in his veins" has applied for admission and "as he shows his...
Letter written by Johannes Lefevre to his brother Peter during his Junior year at Union College in Schenectady, NY. He tells his brother that a "French & Indian" student was expelled because he committed perjury when "he swore that there was no...
Letter written from Johannes Lefevre to Sol. Dubois during the Civil War. Johannes wrote this letter while serving in the Union Army and camped outside of New Orleans. In the letter Johannes describes the role escaped slaves played in the war. They...
