🏘️ Croton Local History
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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
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Here’s a real treat—a double-fold promotional postcard for the Nikko Tea House, probably printed circa 1907 to 1910. 1 An artist with the initials “W.K.” created the beautiful images and hand-lettered the map and poem on the centerfold. The map has a
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wonderful depiction of the Nikko and helpfully provides the location of “police traps” on the roads in Westchester. The lines indicating the Hudson River along the left cleverly become strings for Japanese lanterns at the bottom. We can thank C.K.
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Nazu, who was manager of the Nikko at the time, for this wonderful ode to Harmon: Of Harmon on the Hudson You surely must have heard, But if you’ll give attention I should like a word, About the Nikko Tea House, On the wooded Croton’s brink, The
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situation picturesque; The food is fine we think; So get a horse or motor car, And bring your friends along; If you follow the road to Harmon, You surely can’t go wrong. Here are a few previous posts about the Nikko Tea House: C.K. Nazu is listed as
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the manager in this 1908 ad (though the last name is spelled “Nezu”). Another clever bit of promotion from 1917, when the Nikko was called the “Nikko Inn.” One of our favorite Nikko stories by a New York journalist who stopped for some “skiyaki” in
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1931. To see all the posts about the Nikko click the “Nikko Inn” tag in the right hand column. If you have any vintage photographs or ephemera of the Nikko or the early days of Harmon please send an email . Local postcard expert Susan Hack-Lane, who
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helped date the card, pointed out the names written on the front, Nellie L. Beach and Billy Beach. Beach was a Peekskill family name (Beach Shopping Center) which may explain why this card was never mailed. ↩︎ Share this: Print (Opens in new window)
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