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Click the images below to enlarge them. Elevation of a high bridge for crossing Harlem River by John B. Jervis. Jervis Library. Detail from John B. Jervis’ plan of High Bridge, circa 1844. Jervis Library. Wood engraving of the design for the “Harlem
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River Bridge” from the newspaper Dollar Weekly, October 22, 1842. Detail of the front page of The New York Herald, April 17, 1848, the year the bridge was completed. View of High Bridge and the Harlem River by William James Bennett, 1844. New York
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Public Library. The High Bridge at Harlem, N.Y. Published by Nathaniel Currier, circa 1849. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. High Bridge During the Construction of the Large Main. D.T. Valentine’s Manual, 1862. High Bridge During
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the Construction of the Large Main. D.T. Valentine’s Manual, 1862. High Bridge, circa 1861. Gelatin silver print. New-York Historical Society. See the Valentine’s Manual lithograph print of this same image. High Bridge, New York by Jasper F. Cropsey,
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circa 1879. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. Bird’s eye view of High Bridge. Detail from The City of New York by Will L. Taylor, chief draughtsman. New York, Galt & Hoy, 1879. The Library of Congress. High Bridge and High Service
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Works and Reservoir. D.T. Valentine’s Manual, circa 1869. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Detail from High Bridge and High Service Works and Reservoir. D.T. Valentine’s Manual, circa 1869. Library of Congress Prints and
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Photographs Division. Detail from High Bridge and High Service Works and Reservoir. D.T. Valentine’s Manual, circa 1869. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. High Bridge from the North, showing Hotel, Stereoview from Robert N. Dennis
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collection, New York Public Library. High Bridge, New York. Stereoview from Robert N. Dennis collection, New York Public Library. High Bridge from the East. Stereoview from Robert N. Dennis collection, New York Public Library. Looking west across
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High Bridge, 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster photograph collection, New-York Historical Society, Detail of a stereoview by Underwood & Underwood. UC Riverside, California Museum of Photography, Keystone Mast Collection. Edgar Allen Poe Walking on the High
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Bridge by Bernard Jacob Rosenmeyer, circa 1900. High Bridge, New York City by Jules Guerin. Century Magazine, October, 1902 High Bridge looking north toward the Alexander Hamilton Bridge. Early 1900s. Lehman College Library, CUNY. High Bridge, Early
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Moon by Ernest Lawson, circa 1910. The Phillips Collection. High Bridge puzzle, published by E. G. Selchow & Co., circa 1867-1880. Harlem River at High Bridge by Ernest Lawson, 1911. De Young Museum. High Bridge, New York City, 1900. Detroit
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Publishing Company Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. High Bridge, New York by Henry Ward Ranger, 1905. High Bridge by Childe Hassam, 1922. Santa Barbara Museum of Art. High Bridge in Winter by Hayley Lever, circa 1913. High Bridge and
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Washington Bridge, Harlem River, N.Y.C., looking south by William Henry Jackson, circa 1890. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection, Library of Congress. Pedestrians on High Bridge, circa 1915. Private collection. Detail of pedestrians on
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High Bridge, circa 1915. Private collection. Alternate plan for replacing the piers in the Harlem River, submitted the New York Chapter of the A.I.A. and the American Institute of Consulting Engineers. The American Architect, January 21, 1921. The
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“economical, but ugly” plan for replacing the piers in the Harlem River. The American Architect, January 21, 1921. Another plan for replacing the piers in the Harlem River. The American Architect, January 21, 1921. Share this: Print (Opens in new
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Pages from the 1938 Croton-on-Hudson phone directory. Courtesy of Carl Oechsner. Thanks to our friend Carl Oechsner we were able to get our hands on a copy of the 1938 Croton-on-Hudson phone directory. 1 The plan was to scan some of the ads like the
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ones for the Mikado Inn, Konco’s Garage, and Robbins Pharmacy shown below. But when we looked closer and saw listings for well-known Crotonites like Max Eastman, Margaret Mayo, and Miss Carrie E. Tompkins we decided to scan every page, run the images
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through an optical character recognition program, and post a searchable PDF on Google Docs. To see the PDF click here . Do you have any early Croton phone directories or other Croton ephemera? We would love to scan other early directories,
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photographs of the village or similar material. If you have something you would like to share send us an email by clicking here . Ad for the Mikado Inn from the 1938 Croton-on-Hudson phone directory. Ad for Konco’s Garage from the 1938
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Croton-on-Hudson phone directory. Ad for Robbins Pharmacy from the 1938 Croton-on-Hudson phone directory. Carl’s copy is missing the covers, which is why the first page is numbered 3. ↩ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a
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window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Ephemera Harmon Harmon-on-Hudson Konco's Garage Mikado Inn Robbins Pharmacy Published June 18, 2015 June 18, 2015
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New Croton Dam, May 13, 1913. Courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection. In 1913 the Overman Tire Company in New York City ran a test to demonstrate “the ability of Overman cushion tires to withstand the abuse to
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which tires ordinarily are subjected by the average driver.” A National touring car was outfitted with a set of Overman cushion tires and driven over different routes and road surfaces within a 50 mile radius of New York City. 1 New Croton Dam, May
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13, 1913. Courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection. Luckily for us the route went by the New Croton Dam, there was a photographer along to record the trip, and the entire collection of 342 photos is available
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online courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection. Bridge below the New Croton Dam, May 13, 1913. Courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection. A number of other photos were taken
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the same day but unfortunately most show the car on unidentifiable country roads. One exception is an image taken at the Croton Lake Station of the “Old Put”—the New York Central Railroad, Putnam Division—shown below. 2 The company was located at 250
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West 54th Street in New York City. The quote is from the June 26, 1913 issue of Motor World . See here . ↩ Located along today’s Saw Mill River Road, Route 118. ↩ Croton Lake Station of the New York Central Railroad, Putnam Division. Courtesy of the