Men stand shirtless in line, waiting to have chest x-rays taken by the machine in the left foreground. They each hold a card, perhaps for identification. The third man from the front is Harvey Fite who was a student at St. Stephens College until...
The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This advertisement was sent to Joseph Durland, a founding member...
Newspaper article about the arson trial resulting from the investigation following the disastrous fire of July 5, 1877 that consumed much of downtown Chester.
4 photographs. Appear to be the ""original unit"" from several angles, plus a shot of the ""switch board"" Bottom right photo show the machine plus a roll-top desk, tools on the wall, a chair, and oil cans next to the desk.
2 photographs. Top-large machine referred to as the ""switchboard"" Bottom- A large machanical machine with three large metal wheels, ""2200/Volts"" is painted on to the far right wheel.
The work men are standing in the middle of the printing room. On the left is a cabinet housing the various fonts and letter sizes to print the newspaper. The men would set the type and the machine on the right would print on the paper. The printing...
July 1909, the Rhinebeck Gazette purchased a Mergenthaler Junior Linotype composing machine. The keyboard is similar to a typewriter. This machine was used to set the type that would be printed in the newspaper. In 1910 it was considered one of the...
The 1926 business office of the Rhinebeck Gazette had windows that faced north on East Market Street. The room has high ceilings and leaded windows. Mr. Strong, editor of the paper, is sitting at the desk with a business machine on wheels next to...
Machinery; Stone cutting; Stone quarrying; Dry plate negatives
Three men are standing by a wooden shack. Another group of men are working on a machine called a stone crusher. Some of the men are working with hand shovels. A team of horses with a driver is standing near the stone crusher.
Dry plate negatives; Soda industry; Men; Vats; Barrels;
A man dressed in a white shirt, bow tie, a vest and long pants is standing in the basement of a building. There are two vats on the floor with tubing leading up to six barrels that are on shelves near the ceiling. Two of the barrels are labeled,...
The threshing machine was used to separate the grain (wheat, rye etc) from the stalks of the plant. On the left is a wagon full of cut sheaves of grain. The man on the top of the pile is bundling stalks to pass to the second man on the wagon. A...
The hay press was a machine used to bale loose cut hay. The press was built of a square chamber of heavy planks of wood. It was the forerunner of the modern hay baler. In this photo, a farm worker is standing on the hay press while another worker...
Presentation of the Bruening blueprint machine to Dutchess Community College. Somewhere in the photo is C.B. Schmidt, Vice Chairman of the Board of the DeLaval Separator Company. Second from the right is DCC President Dr. James F. Hall.
