The building in the picture was not actually a lighthouse but was on the Nyack waterfront for many years. Built from gas storage tanks, this faux lightn house held shops and offices. The postcard advertised a showing of Murdocca's recent works at...
There was little activity at the waterfront in Tarrytown when this picture was taken. The lighthouse is surrounded by the waters of the Hudson River. Nearby are a few warehouses or factory buildings, a harbor, and some other low buildings. On the...
The Government Lighthouse was in the Hudson River just north of Rockland Lake landing. The description in the old photo album says, "Old lighthouse - noisy thing on foggy days and nights - sounded like the voice of doom!!!" The lighthouse was tall...
The 1883 Tarrytown lighthouse stands on a rock base in the waters of the Hudson River, about a quarter mile from Kingsland Point. On the shore is a grove of trees, a row of buildings that may be cabins, and then two industrial buildings. There is...
In 1950, the Nyack waterfront was a shambles. Lumber, cardboard and a ladder lie on the ground in front of the main building. The former ferry terminal had become the Nyack Air Marine Base. The gas storage tank on the right would later be...
The frozen Hudson River looks cold and forbidding, but the two men in this photographic postcard are wearing suit jackets and hats. Their hands are bare and their feet are shod with shoes, not boots. Behind them is the oddly shaped Rockland Lake...
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...
Black-and-white outdoor scene of the steamboats Robert Fulton and Jacob H. Tremper at the mouth of the Esopus Creek. The Saugerties Lighthouse can be seen in the background.
Black-and-white outdoor scene of the steamboats Robert Fulton and Jacob H. Tremper at the mouth of the Esopus Creek. The Saugerties Lighthouse can be seen in the background.
