The St. Stephen's graduating class of 1898 pose indoors for a group portrait. The 1914 alumni directory indicates that the following received Bachelor's degrees that year: George Belsey; Alvah Irving Ernest Boss; Herbert Seymour Hastings; Archibald...
Members of the St. Stephen's College graduating class of 1896 pose in traditional cap and gown around St. Margaret's Well, built in memory of Margaret Bard. The St. Stephen's College Messenger covered Commencement exercises, reporting that the...
". . . The boy who has found a red ear kisses the girl who brings the cider." ("Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office") Notice Dows's inclusion of a black slave laborer in lower right corner. Slavery officially persisted in New York State until 1799....
". . . The boy who has found a red ear kisses the girl who brings the cider." ("Murals in the Rhinebeck Post Office") Notice Dows's inclusion of a black slave laborer in lower right corner. Slavery officially persisted in New York State until 1799....
This is the only known photograph of the 1915 Chester Erie Station agent’s office taken while the station was in operation. It was taken in October, 1922 for use in the Erie Magazine. L-r: Robert Marvin, Station Master & John I. Edwards.
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Ankle fetter made of hammered sheet iron. Reputedly of the type used on local slaves. Rattles in the pods made it easier for the master to catch or locate a slave wearing them. Normally both ankles would be linked by a length of chain to inhibit...
Chester Library and Social Club Program. The Chester Library & Social Club raised funds to maintain the library, through the sale of tickets to entertainment courses and production of entertainments and plays in Bodle's Opera House from 1902 to...
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Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
Notice dated May 21, 1794 offering a reward for the return of a 22 year old slave named, Peter. Peter ran away from Alexander Colden of Coldenham, Ulster County, NY. Colden suspects that Peter is being harbored by a neighbor.
The court considered the gathering of more than three slaves to be dangerous and unlawful. Slaves accused of assembling or gathering would be publicly whipped or their masters would be ordered to pay a fine.
These are the advertisements for two performances. The first advertisement is for a play called "Above the Clouds" at the Unique Reading Room on Tuesday evening, November 25, 1902. The second advertisement is for the benefit of the Unique...
