Doctor Edwin K. Losee with his wife Agnes, son Edwin Lamb Losee and younger son James Knickerbocker Losee. They are standing in the snow on the Village Green in Upper Red Hook.
Houses; Porches; Stone walls; Families; Yards; Chairs; Dogs;
Edward D. Minard sits in a chair, his face in deep shadow, a dog beside him. He wears a hat and a vest. His wife Annie Augusta Wilson Minard sits down by a stone wall in the frontyard of their house at 145 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, NY. A...
A man poses with two women. Conservatively stylish, the older woman’s skirt is still quite full. Both women wear striped blouses with machine lace decoration, high necklines, gloves and exuberant hats. Although the clothing of all three...
Two women pose with a child. These three would seem to represent three generations, and the child is likely female. This gives a good look at what happens when styles change but not everyone participates. The older woman still represents the...
Two children pose for a studio portrait. The child on the left is certainly a boy. He has been dressed in the very stylish manner which comes to be called “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” The broad and wide “collar” is of eyelet, not lace,...
An older woman wears a middy blouse, probably linen with a high necked ”V” insert, above a wool skirt with welted seams. Rows of tucking in the shirt echo the shape of the “V.” Her accessories include a long necklace of beads, a...
A woman sits outdoors on a wicker chair. This elderly lady may well have been photographed circa 1900 as her image was among the others here. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to say anything beyond late nineteenth century. She continues to...
A picture of Ella Coates, she is younger here than in GER_012. Ella Coates, granddaughter of Captain Larry Sneden, maintained the Sneden papers and writes in the "Story of the Ferry" by Winthrop Sargent Gilman Jr. about her famous family.
Libraries; Classification-Books; Newburgh (N.Y.) - History - 20th Century;
This is a letter to Hiram Lozier, Chairman of the Library Committee from W. R. Eastman, Chief of the Library Division of the Department of Education, regarding the need to have the library books classified and arranged by subject. Mr. Eastman's...
This photograph depicts the residences of Miss Lillie O. Estabrook and Frank Estabrook, located at 202 and 204 Montgomery Street in Newburgh, NY. An older woman is seated on the porch with a younger woman standing by her side and holding a small...
The William H. Hand Family is at home, 122 Franklin Street, Nyack. In 1883, this William Hand, a successful New York City builder and craftsman, bought the Azariah Ross mansion for $9,000 and renovated it. Five family members are seated on a porch....
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...
