Color-tinted photograph. Handwriting on card reads: "Edna M. Fowler. How are you getting along? I expect to come up to Red Hook Friday & will stay all the night with you if convenient. Please let me know. Ever your friend, Edna Fowler. My address…
Color-tinted photograph of the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck. Handwriting at the bottom reads: "Don't forget to write. Suppose you have heard from me. -V.G."
Black & white photograph. From the reverse: "Original Fireplace in the Tap Room of the Oldest Hotel in America. The oldest section of the building, which is this part, was built in 1700."
Black & white photograph of the exterior. Text reads: "Will open May 1st, 1927--Rhinebeck, N.Y.--Oldest Hotel in America--Worthy of your Patronage--Hotel Campbell Management--European Plan--Garage on Premises."
Color photograph. From the reverse: "Beekman Arms Hotel (Bogardus Tavern--1775). Local Bicentennial Headquarters. During Revolutionary War training grounds for soldiers under command of Col. Henry Beekman Livingston. Shown: Minutemen of '76 of Dutch…
Black & white photograph. Text reads: "Original Fireplace in the Tap Room of the Oldest Hotel in America. The oldest section of the building, which is this part, was built in 1700."
Color photographs of the interior & exterior. From the reverse: "Circa 1700. 'Oldest Hotel in America.' Advancing years add lustre to this early stage-coach stop. This famous Inn has catered to the traveling public since 1700 & has entertained…
Color photograph. From the reverse: "The Delamater House was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1844. The house remains one of the few early examples of American Gothic residences still in existence. Davis designed many State Capitol buildings as…
Black & white illustration. From the reverse: "Blithewood gatehouse, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. As sketched by A.J. Davis, noted Victorian architect in the 1840's. It now houses Bard memorabilia, the University Without Walls, & the Muriel…
Black & white map of Pleasant Valley in 1867. Text reads: "(From Beers Atlas) At that time John B. Duncan, who owned a general store near the Wappingers Creek Bridge (a covered bridge, then in common use), was also the postmaster & held this office…