Advertisements; Fire engines & equipment; Fire extinguishers;
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 illustrated advertisement was sent to store owner Joseph...
A business card for De Louie Tice, a store in Ellenville on Canal Street. Their main selling point is their gold watch cases. Archival notes written in pencil on upper left and right corners of the front.
Landscape pavilions; Tents; Kitchens; Shaving; Military camps; Cooking utensils; Pails;
A man shaves at an outside stand; three men pose inside a tent kitchen. Buckets, pots, pans and kitchen utensils are visible. Caption on back reads: "Camp Fort Orange Kitchen" Upon the breaking off of diplomatic relations with the German Empire,...