The Chester Academy was built in 1846, at a cost of $10,000. It was a frame building 50 by 75 feet standing at the corner of Academy Avenue and the Goshen Road, now, 2006, called Brookside Ave. (Route 17M). THis photograph was taken before the 25...
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Presidential Libraries -- New York (State) -- Hyde Park; Presidents
On November 19, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before a gathering of his Hudson Valley neighbors and dignitaries to lay the cornerstone of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York. His speech that day was broadcast...
School children; Boys; Girls; School superintendents; Teachers; Group portraits;
A group of students, including several African Americans, pose for a photograph with a teacher and two other adults. Many of the boys are holding hats. Caption on photograph reads: "Primary Room scholars - Cottekill School 1895-96. Miss Secor the...
