The December 7, 1933 issue of the Lyre Tree reported a strong, though not undefeated soccer season for the boys at St. Stephen's: "At the opening of the season, Coach Leeke, in an informal talk to his squad of twenty-five men stressed three...
Church schools; Churches; Clippings;Cycling; Farm life; Floods; Homicides; War;
Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
Newspaper clipping relates an early history of the fresh milk dairy industry. Believe written by Edward Harold Mott, famed author of “Between the Ocean and the Lakes; The Story of Erie.”
Newspaper article about the arson trial resulting from the investigation following the disastrous fire of July 5, 1877 that consumed much of downtown Chester.
Automobiles; Station wagons; Cartoons (Commentary);
Allan Ryan, owner of the famous Ankony Farm owned this decorated woodie station wagon. The car was decorated for the Dutchess County Fair, Rhinebeck, New York. The Ryan family of Ankony Farms showed Angus cattle, horses and dogs at the fair.
Astrith Deyrup talks about her family and life in Upper Nyack and New York City. Astrith's father, Alvin S. Johnson was the 1st President of the New School for Social research in Manhattan. Her sister Felicia was a prominent artist. Both she and...
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. ...
The cross-section of the Old Nyack Turnpike reveals many roadbeds that have slowly sunk into the West Nyack swamp over the years. Scott's notes refer to a concrete road 10-feet down and a macadam road 20-feet down. This picture should be showed to...
Discussion includes Virgil Cross, his work at Mohonk Mountain House and the family business which included a coal yard, a grocery store and the Cross Lumber Company, and rationing during World War II.
