Page one of a newspaper published by the Community Service Society (formerly the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor) about radio personality Wythe Williams' visit to Ward Manor in 1941.
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...
John Burroughs sitting in a rocking chair on a porch at Woodchuck Lodge. Hand crafted writing table is visible in background. "To sit on one's rustic porch...is to get a taste of the peace and comfort of the summer hills" - letterpress caption from...
"Hubbard looks forward to his trek into the wilds of Labrador" is the caption written in "Rockland County: Century of History". Beneath the Nyack Library's photograph is the quote "Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!" On...
Originally the Peter DePew house, this "extraordinary Free Classic Queen Anne-style house" is now a real estate office. The quote is from Nieweg and Reimann, "Survey of Historic Buildings Village of Nyack, NY," 1989 which has a wonderful...
