HISTORY & MYSTERIES
This post card shows the view from North Highland looking toward the Hudson River. The road and on the right looks like Brook Street, so the large grassy area is where the Municipal Building is today. This card was published by Frank L. Simone, Croton-on-Hudson and printed in Germany.
A detail from Colton's driving & wheeling map of the country twenty-five miles north of the city of New York. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. 312 Broadway, New York, 1892. A note in red above the title says: "These maps are particularly intended for the use of Sportsmen, Wheelmen, and Driving Parties, and we respectfully … Continue reading Croton Area “Driving & Wheeling” Map, 1892
A detail from an early New York City regional transit map, made between 1887 and the 1890s. What's particularly interesting about this map is that it shows the "Quaker Bridge Dam," one of the possible locations for what became the New Croton Dam. In the late 19th century, when New York City was rapidly outgrowing … Continue reading Croton Area in an Early NYC Transit Map, 1887-1890s
Details from a multi-page Map of the Hudson River, published by Rand McNally. This map may have been issued separately, but the copy used here was inserted in the book The Hudson River, from Ocean to Source by Edgar Mayhew Bacon, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. The Bacon book is available online from Open … Continue reading Croton Area, circa 1900
Detail from the Town of Cortlandt map from Atlas of New York and vicinity ... by F.W. Beers, published by Beers, Ellis & Soule, New York, 1868. The entire atlas is available online at David Rumsey.
Detail from the Town of Cortlandt map from Atlas of New York and vicinity ... by F.W. Beers, published by Beers, Ellis & Soule, New York, 1868. The entire atlas is available online at David Rumsey.
Details (from two different sources) of the Croton section of Map of the Hudson between Sandy Hook & Sandy Hill with the Post Road between New York and Albany, published in 1824.
Postcard of Brook Street, circa 1907-1930.
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