This newspaper advertisement signalled the end of an era as Hoffman's Store, located at the base of Broadway, sold off its stock at auction. In his book 'Tivoli, a Social History,' Richard Wiles states that this event was an indication that Tivoli...
". . . 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....
The Chester Horse Thief Detective Society poster putting thieves on notice that they will be pursued, should they dare steal a horse or car in Chester.
H. B. Tuthill's telephone bill. Chester, N. Y. Telephone Co. ceased operations in 1949 when it was sold to the Highland Telephone Company of Monroe, N. Y.
