HISTORY & MYSTERIES
Detail of the Hudson Highlands from Thomas Jeffreys' magnificent map, The Provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the Province of Quebec. Drawn by Major Holland, Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty. Corrected and Improved, from the Original Materials, by Governr. Pownall, Member of Parliament 1776. London. Printed … Continue reading The Hudson Highlands, 1776
Detail of the Croton area from the Travellers' Guide of the Hudson River. Published by H.B. Kirkham, for the Proprietor, and for sale on all the Steamboats, and at the principal Hotels in the United States, 1848. The entire map is available online at David Rumsey Map Collection.
Details of the Croton area from An Improved Map of the Hudson River, with the Post Roads between N. York & Albany. Published by S. Mahon & Co. Drawn & Engraved Expressly for the Tourist. 1830. The entire map is available online at David Rumsey Map Collection.
Departing from Camp in the Small Lagoon by Theodore Cornu. Pen-and-ink drawing from Hudson Valley Echoes, issue #3, 1953. "Early morning is greeted by the calls of the Crows as they fly off at their slow pace to distant hills. Crows have always been numerous at this place. A wind starting at daybreak now blows … Continue reading Departing from Camp in the Small Lagoon by Theodore Cornu
This postcard, postmarked from Croton in 1907, is labeled "Camp Schrader, Mesmonk Island, Croton River." Anyone know what island this was?
A beautiful depiction of Finney Farm, from the letterhead used by Mabel Dodge Luhan.
Detail from the Atlas of Westchester County, New York. From actual surveys and official records by G.W. Bromley & Co., Civil Engineers. Published by Geo. W. & Walter S. Bromley. 243 Broadway, New York. 1881. The entire atlas is available online at David Rumsey.
These two prints, from U.P. Hedrick's, The Grapes of New York, published in 1908, show the grapes that made Richard T. Underhill famous as the "Grape King." Underhill began his vineyard by planting European varieties of grapes he purchased in Brooklyn from André Parmentier, a wealthy, educated Belgian who came to America to escape the … Continue reading The Grape King of Croton Point
A detail from an exquisite map of Central Park, published in 1865. The map appeared in A picturesque Guide through the whole Park showing all the improvements up to June 1865, published by L. Prang, Boston. The reservoir was drained in 1931 and filled with excavation material from Rockefeller Center and the Eighth Avenue subway. Today it … Continue reading Croton Reservoir in Central Park, 1865
Anyone know where this was in Croton?
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