A newspaper article reporting a slave ship captured along the coast of Cuba in 1857. The captives, aged from ten to eighteen years, described as unfortunate creatures, taken from a place called Kabinda, on the coast of Africa. Of the 500 taken,...
Nineteen hexagon patches (with paper still inside) have been sewn together to form this pincushion which has been finished off with silk fringe similar to that used on women's clothing in the 1850s and '60s. The color combination and patterns seem...
There are about forty students and one teacher in this class photo. Only a few have blurred faces, indicating that they moved during the exposure; most are fairly clear.
This Nyack house is old enough to appear on the 1884 Burleigh map, "Nyack on the Hudson." The gingerbread under the eaves and the cut arrows under the porch may be genuine, but the stick railing could be fairly new. It's difficult to evaluate the...
This family dwelling at 148 South Broadway is a classic mansard style with a rosette tile roof, hooded windows, and a paneled cornice. Although fairly small, it is rich in details.
Several people have gathered at the fishing pond. In the foreground is a man with a pole and two women sitting and talking. Another man is on a raft in the pond. There is a young man on the far shore. The area looks fairly flat. Power poles line...
On the porch of Cedar Mound Cottage, Grand-View-on-Hudson, are a man and two children. The house has board and batten siding, a fairly steep roof, and porch details that are suggestive of the Carpenter Gothic style. The location of this house is...
These flat-roofed houses appear on the 1884 Burleigh map, "Nyack on the Hudson," and do retain some of the architectural elements of that era - the stone lintels, the bay windows, and the double brackets just below the roof. Their appearance,...
Business & finance; Offices; Office workers; Women;
Travis Monuments is one of Nyack's oldest businesses. On the left, Mr. Clarence Travis sits at a large rolltop desk. In the center front, Annie Butler, the firm's secretary, sits at a large flat top desk. The interior is fairly dark but other...
The Benjamin Eckerson family and guests pose for a photographer at their home on Broadway at the corner of Second Avenue. We assume the man in the upstairs window is Mr. Eckerson. A woman and a child peer out of another second story window. On the...
