A frozen Hudson River enabled the photographer to take this scene showing the ferry house at the foot of Burd Street with the ferry "Rockland" and freight boat "Raleigh" tied up for winter. Up the hill can be seen the Commercial Building, then four...
Photographs; Portrait photographs; Military officers;
A middle age Union Infantry officer. He is dressed in his dress uniform, which is a double-breasted frock coat. You can tell that he is an Civil War officer because of the three smaller buttons on the cuff of of his sleeve, unlisted men only had...
Albumen print, knee high studio portrait of Elizabeth "Eliza" Ransom DuBois. Eliza is seated with her right arm resting on a pillow, while the other is at her side holding a white cap. She is wearing a dark colored bodice and skirt, with a white...
Alice Waldron Miller stands on her porch steps. A long-time resident of Central Nyack, she wore her Salvation Army uniform for all Nyack parades and occasions. She had been a member of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War...
Although downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it reached Nyack, Hurricane Floyd sent a river of water down Main Street. Here two pedestrians ford the water at Franklin Street.
Women; Portrait photographs; Political organizations;
Caroline Lexow, in 1914, when she was serving as field secretary of the Women's Political Union. This page is from "Ladies' Lib: How Rockland Women Got the Vote," by Isabelle K. Savell, 1979. There are other pages, with pictures, in the same sleeve...
From the river, the photographer has snapped the rear of the two establishments. The hotel has several stories and stairways as it descends to the river from the road above. Both the hotel and the yacht club have long docks. A flag flies between...
Full length studio portrait of Laura Tallmadge Hasbrouck. One arm is placed on a chair in front of her while the other is at her side. Her hair is pulled back and she is wearing glasses, a pendant at her neck and a dark colored dress. The dress is...
In July 1983, artist Stanley Wyatt unveiled a portrait of Mrs. Mary Proper, a former Nyack librarian, at a reception in her honor. Mary is seated with her back to the camera; Joan Grott, Library director, is seated behind Mr. Wyatt. The reception...
Fire fighters; Cornerstone laying; Cornerstones; Men; Bricks;
In this image, four men are seen from behind placing a cornerstone into a yellow brick building. Two of the men are dressed in fire fighter's dress uniform. One firefighter has a uniform coat, while the other has a light blue short sleeve shirt....
Mabel Priest, of the Friends of Nyack Library, talks with Ronnie Zolin on the balcony of the Carnegie Room. Ms. Zolin had been the director of the Nyack Library. Another picture in the same sleeve shows other guests at the farewell: Rev. Parsons of...
