This image is a "card" or advertisement for Thomas Shaw's Sons who operated the Newburgh Moulding and Planing Mill, located on the corner of South William and Johnes Street, near Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh, NY. Thomas Shaw's Sons offered...
This postcard is a view of what was the largest dry goods store in the city of Newburgh, Schoonmaker & Son. . The company was originally established in 1863 when John Schoonmaker, Samuel C. Mills and A. Y. Weller purchased the dry goods business...
Halfway up the steep slope of Hook Mountain in Upper Nyack are the buildings of the quarrying business. Below is a house. At the water's edge in the foreground is a dock. In the background is a large pier where ships can load the stone.
After removal from the Bell Memorial Chapel, three large bells sit on the floor. These chimes were used in the Bell Chapel for more than half a century and would be installed in Grace Church, Nyack. The largest bell, measuring 2900 pounds and 52...
A crowd has gathered on Main Street to watch firemen direct their hoses towards the Harrison and Dalley Department Store, one of Nyack's largest businesses. It was also one of Nyack's most famous fires. The building at 192 Main Street later became...
Miss Annie Demarest is standing in the back row on the right. Her class, which numbers seventy students, is outside of Nyack's Liberty Street School. This is probably the single largest class in Nyack Library's collection of school photos.
Here is a remarkably crisp and clear image of Nyack in the late nineteenth century. Wide sidewalks line the dirt thoroughfare. The mode of transportation is the horse and buggy. The photo highlights Blauvelt Drugs with the dentist, Dr. Gilchrest...
The picture is unclear as John Scott made the slide from a newspaper clipping that had been folded, but the largest building, with elevators, was the Nyack Ice House. The caption reads, "This picture goes back plenty of years to the days when Nyack...
The Riverama was a unique floating exhibit built on a 1,000 ton barge by New York Trap Rock Corporation. This company was one of America's largest producers of crushed stone with plants and quarries on the Hudson River at Haverstraw, Tomkins Cove,...
These buildings on Broadway are known as the Moeller block. In 1984 businesses included Turiello's Restaurant, My Dollhouse, Inc., Unusual Touches, Belle Arts Gallery, and Liberty Crafts. In 2006, Liberty Crafts had just closed, Turiello's had...
Simpson Hall, part of Nyack College, is one of the largest frame buildings in Rockland County. It sits on the east side of South Mountain and overlooks the villages of Nyack and South Nyack.
