Herbert Lawrence was born in the 1780s. He owned a shipyard in New York City and lived in the Big House in 1808. He gave the land for the flagpole in 1861.
A boat is decorated with flags for a launching ceremony. There are people on the boat and many more people on the shoreline. A rowboat is anchored nearby. A handwritten caption indicates, "Launching were great fun and community celebration 1890 -...
This photograph depicts the Day Line Steamboat Robert Fulton docking at the Newburgh Landing during the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Steamboats enabled individuals to travel between Albany and New York with relative ease. In the Fall of 1908, the...
The Hudson River is frozen and trapped in the ice at Smith's Shipyard are several sloops, their masts rising above the horizon. A bearded man stands on the ice in front of the nearest sloop. Photo made from a John Scott slide.
John Lodico, Sr. talks about growing up in Upper Nyack near the river in the Van Houten's Landing neighborhood near the river. He focuses on the Italian American immigrant culture there, particularly as epitomized by his father, his time at Nyack...
Fire fighters; Fire engines & equipment; Fire fighting; Fire stations;
Everett "Smoky" Wanamaker talks about Empire Hook and Ladder Company in Upper Nyack and the role of the Wanamkaer family in the department. The origins of "The Goosetown against the World" slogan of the department are discussed as well as some of...
The picture is entitled, "How many of these people do you remember?" The caption reads, "Nyack was noted for many years as a shipbuilding center. This week Rockland Life publishes a picture of the workers at the old Ayres Shipyard. Send in your...
This unassuming house may be one of the oldest along Gedney Street. It is found on the 1884 Burleigh map, "Nyack on the Hudson." At that time it faced the Smith Shipyard.
This waterfront image (photocopy of a postcard) shows the long dock and steep stairway of the Nyack Boat Club, which is one of the oldest sailing clubs on the Hudson River. The house that is the clubhouse is just visible in the trees. In the...
Twelve shipbuilders and a young boy, along with a wagon and mule, are arrayed in front of several boats under construction at Smith's Shipyard at the foot of Fourth Avenue in Nyack. The yacht, Gracie, for more than five years the swiftest boat of...
This image shows photographs of two historical markers. The top right photograph is of the historical marker for the Sneden House which is pictured in a separate photograph next to the marker. The house is a two story side-gabled home with a white...
