A woman sits outdoors on a wicker chair. This elderly lady may well have been photographed circa 1900 as her image was among the others here. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to say anything beyond late nineteenth century. She continues to...
Several elderly ladies standing at the Pye's Corner historical marker. In 1798 Hendrick Van Orden owner of a sandstone house on this site sold the house and surrounding farm to Dr. Abraham Corneilison who lived there 51 years. He became the first...
Veterans; Reunions; Military parades & ceremonies;
Nine elderly gentlemen face the camera fifty years after the Battle of Gettysburg. Several have ribbons and medals pinned to their jackets, and one is missing his left arm.
At a luncheon following the dedication of DePew Manor housing for the elderly, Mary Virginia Parkhurst is seated next to Hilda Bryant of the Nyack Housing Authority. One of the men was ---- Gaynor who was an assistant administrator with the NY...
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. ...
On June 13, 1908, the Lincoln Memorial Boulder was unveiled in front of the Nyack Library. The children of Nyack raised money for the plaque, which has the Gettysburg Address on it. Seated and standing around the boulder are two dozen elderly men,...
Cabinet card depicts a portrait of an elderly woman sitting in a chair with her hands folded in her lap. She wears a long dark skirt and a dark jacket with pleating on the bodice and buttons running down the center over a white shirt. A brooch is...
Formal portrait of elderly gentleman with beard. He wears a jacket, dark vest with buttons, white shirt with stand-up collar, and dark tie. Written on back, “John Simmons 1797-1878. From his g.grandaughter Evelyn Wachter via Jean Wrolsen...
