This Guano waybill, is one example of the items, both routine and unique that nineteenth century rural farmers relied on the railroads to deliver. Although Jesse Woodhull's farm was about halfway between the Craigville and Oxford depots, in the...
Map depicts the Town of Prattsville, located in the western portion of Greene County, New York. The Town is located in the northern region of the Catskill Mountains. Maps for the Village of Prattsville and the Village of Ashland are inset.
Handwritten letter dated June 15, 1836, from David Boyd, owner of a tanning business in Poughkeepsie, NY, to his 11-year-old son John Gary Boyd. John is a student at the Academy School, located on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, NY. He is obviously...
Notice dated July 3, 1797 offering a ten dollar reward for the return of a 30 year old slave named James. James ran away from John Marsh of Woodbridge, N.J.
This is a negative images from the 1890's of the Dexter employees of the Fulton Plant. Names of the workers are given. The machine in the center of the photograph is labeled "point feed folder". Someone has labeled the picture. The machine is...
Edward Quidor was born in 1838 and was the son of George Marsh Quidor. "Uncle Ed Quidor" was handwritten at the bottom of the picture. The Quidor family of Palisades emigrated from France in the eighteenth century.
A peninsula of marsh grass extends into the water. On the far shoreline is a settlement of buildings. Some of the buildings are obscured by another thick growth of marsh grass. In the far distance, hazy mountains can be seen. Telephone poles and...
A peninsula of marsh grass extends into the water. There is a settlement of buildings visible on the far shoreline; some of the buildings are obscured by another area of marsh grass. Other buildings and telephone poles dot the landscape. In the far...
A still portion of water near a coastal marshland crosses the photo. On the near side of the photo, the water has receded and rocks and other material on the wet riverbed are visible. Mountains are visible in the distance as well as a tall chimney.
An unidentified object rests on a still shoreline. There are large trees with dense foliage set off from the shore. The trees are reflected in the water. Further along the shoreline, the trees give-way to marsh grass.
This is a hand-drawn map showing the locales relevant to the July 15-16, 1779 storming of Stony Point. The map includes the Hudson River, Dunderberg and Buckberg Mountains and the ferry route across the Hudson. The path that Wayne's army took is...
Smokestacks; Industry; Factories; Rowboats; Reeds (Plants);
Nine large smokestacks loom over a expansive industrial complex located on the banks of the Hudson River. In addition to the smokestacks there are chimneys and vents along the 'L'-shaped building. A small rowboat is seen anchored off shore in the...
