Postcards; Buildings; Storefronts; Automobiles; Automobile service stations;
Photo postcard of the "The Square" - intersection of Main Street and Academy Avenue, opposite the Durland Store. The wooden Murray’s Garage structure was moved to the Murray’s residence back yard and replaced with a concrete block garage in...
Strong TV Store on Kings Highway. This building was the first automobile garage and service station, it was owned by Jimmy and Fred Brooks. The Brooks also provided the local taxi service, using Winton Touring cars. A hand crank gasoline pump...
Kessler's car dealership was on Main Street near Broadway in Nyack. Above the storefront is printed "Agent for Westcott Cars." Two open touring cars are parked on the street. The building which housed the business was only one story. The...
A fire engine body placed on a Stearns touring car must have presented a stunning picture in 1911. Everything gleams in this picture: the bell, the helmets, the lights and grillwork, and the whitewalls on the tires.
The Methodist Episcopal Church was found on Fourth Street. It was frame rather than brick and had a tower without a steeple. The touring car in the front helps establish the scale of the building.
By the 1920s, the Nyack Public Library was covered in ivy and trees were shading the front of the building. The touring car helps to date the tinted image. The Lincoln Memorial Boulder, erected in 1908, is on the lawn at the right.
A winter view of the hospital and grounds with touring car parked near main entrance: see notes below. The building in front was first to be constructed and was later the administration portion. The building in the back, with porch, was for...
