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...
The northern part of Nyack Village is seen in the distance by a group on a high plateau. The spire of the First Baptist Church is visible and sloops and steamboats are in the Hudson River. Rockland College was on Sickles Avenue.
This simple red house with white trim was built about 1870 by carpenter Michael Snedecker, who lived here for a time. Members of the Snedecker family owned the property from 1858 until at least 1900. Michael first appears in the Nyack federal...