Photographed here as a distinguished older man, James Starr Clark was a pivotal figure in the 19th century history of Tivoli. Arriving at Annandale in the early 1850's as a tutor to the Bard children, he lived with the family for two years, during...
Pictured here as a young man, James Starr Clark came to Annandale in the 1850's as a tutor to the Bard children. He lived with the family for two years, during which time he developed a close, trusting relationship with the family. Hard working...
Caption reads: "Brick wall and postern gate in front of Le Chateau de Tivoli. Built about 1800 by Peter DeLabigarre. Col. Johnston L. DePeyster, son [of] the Gen. John Watts DePeyster, lived there until his death on May 27, 1903." Delabigarre's...
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An accordion player dressed in lederhosen (leather shorts) and suspenders sits on a barrel in front of the porch at the Mill Brook House. The person standing next to him is apparently a man dressed in a woman's bathing suit and hat. Located at...
The large frame house was built as a private home for William E. DuBois in 1899. Daniel Shaw bought the house and property in 1932 for $12,000. He immediately built a large swimming pool and pond by erecting a 60-foot-long dam across the Millbrook....
This is a black and white image on a card advertising the Fort Comfort Inn Resort. The card features a photograph of the Hudson River leading up to the a large bathhouse located on a pier. There is a large group of people standing on the pier near...
On p. 4 of Breed's 1902 Nyack Directory is this photograph of Gaynor's Grocers on Franklin Street. Here Nyackers could buy flour, feed, hay, and straw, as well as spades, shovels, and garden tools. The business was established in 1869.The location...
In 2010, the DePew House became the Orangetown Historical Museum and Archives. Restoration was extensive, including a new roof, painting of door and window frames, and residing of the addition on the right. A side entry was eliminated. The locale...
This house, at the bight in Grand View (even though the postcard says Nyack), has an amazing array of roof lines and dormers, and a large turret which is topped by a weather vane. Balconies look out over the Hudson River and a stairway leads down...
Vernon Church Flowers opened in 1949 and was known as THE Nyack florist for many years. Its location at 84 Highland Avenue (Route 9W), across from Nyack Hospital, was ideal. Free delivery to the hospital was assured. It advertised free parking,...
Marydell Camp was first known as "Save a Life Farm." For the girls who attended the camp, it provided a respite from the squalor of their surroundings in lower New York City. The fresh air and bucolic setting along the Hudson River, in the shadow...
This is a large poster featuring images of the 1875 map of the Village of Saugerties-on-Hudson, New York, and a panorama of the same village made in 1881 along with a seven column text panel history of Saugerties, New York written in 1990...
