Though during Fite's lifetime Opus 40 was not open to the public, he would open the grounds to large groups by pre-arrangement. This enabled him to preserve both his privacy and time for his work. In this photograph he speaks to a group of...
Color photo postcard of Slabsides, taken from the back of the cabin. "SLABSIDES / NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK / BURROUGHS DRIVE / WEST PARK, NEW YORK 12493 / This cabin was built by the poet-naturalist John Burroughs in 1895 and used by him in the...
Colorized photo postcard of John Burroughs sitting on the steps of his cabin Slabsides. This postcard was mailed with a one cent stamp on March 21, 1909; it is post stamped March 22. The hand-written message reads: "Miss Elizabeth Russel;...
"The cabin near West park, New York, Built by the naturalist John Burroughs, A National Historic Landmark" - letterpress caption from verso of postcard.
"On this hearth in Slabsides, near West Park, N.Y., the naturalist John Burroughs cooked meals for guests, among whom were Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, and other celebrities." - letterpress caption from verso of postcard.
Color photo of Slabsides in the autumn showing the back and side of the cabin with three people siting on the porch steps. "Slabsides, near West Park., N.Y., the woodland retreat of the naturalist John Burroughs, is maintained as a memorial and...
"The writing desk in SLABSIDES, near West Park, N.Y., where John Burroughs wrote some of his famous nature books. The cabin is kept as a memorial to him." - letterpress caption from verso of postcard.
Miriam Haagens Wexler talks about her life: how she came to American from Holland on December 7, 1939 and later how the family came to Nyack. Along the way she talks about the Clarkstown Country, her family, her home, and especially her garden. ...
View of Men's Ward in hospital; eight patients in iron beds; four nurses attending to patients, one physician with nurse at bedside. Ward includes sink, armoires, portable privacy curtain.
View into the Women's Ward with nurse taking a pulse of a patient; husband visiting a wife in first bed at left. Ward includes nursing station desk, sink, privacy curtains between beds; four beds; glass IVs hanging at two bedsides.
