This is the front page of the "Pawling School Weekly," a newspaper published by students at the Pawling School. The article titled "Nothing But the Truth" - "Dramatic Club to present former Broadway hit" covered news of the upcoming performance of...
Carroll Scott Waldron at Work
A great deal of mystery and legend surrounds the life of Carroll Scott Waldron (1837-1921). His self-styled biography, for example, announces that he was born in a log cabin in Henderson County, Illinois. Carroll...
Law passed March 8, 1773 stating that slave owners who knowingly allow their slaves to beg of others are subject to a fine of 10 pounds per offence. The law also states that slave owners who knowingly sell a slave that can no longer work are...
Newspaper clipping relates an early history of the fresh milk dairy industry. Believe written by Edward Harold Mott, famed author of “Between the Ocean and the Lakes; The Story of Erie.”
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This advertisement was published in 1915 in Pawling School's yearbook, The Scroll, and the man pictured in the illustration was known as "The Arrow Collar Man, " forerunner to "The Marlborough Man." The detachable collars could be attached to dress...
Astrith Deyrup talks about her family and life in Upper Nyack and New York City. Astrith's father, Alvin S. Johnson was the 1st President of the New School for Social research in Manhattan. Her sister Felicia was a prominent artist. Both she and...
Inventory form for building located on Tuxedo Park Rd. recording the following information: Marvin Kopp (owner at time of inventory). A three and a half story T-shaped structure on a stone foundation. Half-timbering with small stones in stucco....
A poster advertising a concert of vocal & instrumental music, for the benefit of District School No. 7, Orangetown, given at the M. E. Church, Middletown, September 30, 1871. The concert was held at the Methodist Episcopal Church which stood on...
Discussion includes Tillson family lineage going back to the American Revolution. Includes movement from Dutchess County to Ulster County and family milling businesses.
Two Revolutionary War drummer boys leave the grounds of the Onderdonck House in Piermont, followed by an officer. This was a reenactment of the 1783 meeting formalizing Britain's recognition of the new American government.
A single elephant walks northward on Franklin Street in Nyack, July 2009. It was part of the Amazing Grace Circus parade, which was followed by circus performances in Memorial Park. The Amazing Grace Circus is a summer program held at Grace Church.
On the Hudson River, rear view of the ferry boat. On the right-hand side of the ferry boat the name "Rockland" is visible. Ferry Service across the Hudson dates back to 1834 when Isaac Blauvelt started the first regular service with his small...
1930s automobiles and 1980s spectators line Piermont's Main Street as "The Purple Rose of Cairo" is filmed. For the filming of the Woody Allen feature, fronts of businesses and shops in Piermont were transformed into a different time and place....
