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April-June 1972. ↩︎ The Hudson River National Defense Fleet, June 10, 1946. Courtesy of the New York State Archives. Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new
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Captain Kidd Dunderberg Mountain Ghost Fleet Jones Point Published May 21, 2016
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Blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam, September, 1895. Courtesy of the Ossining Historical Society. Among the many treasures of the Ossining Historical Society Museum is a substantial collection of photographs and other material about the Old Croton
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Aqueduct. During a visit last week, curator Norm MacDonald showed us some recently donated material that included two rare photographs of blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam taken in September, 1895. Although there are probably thousands of photographs
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of the dam under construction, there’s a real dearth of images of the workers, their living quarters, and day-to-day life. Many thanks to Norm and OHSM for letting us share these striking images. To learn more about the Ossining Historical Society
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Museum visit their website and watch this video of Norm discussing the collection (and why Ossining was featured on the television show Mad Men). Blacksmiths at the New Croton Dam, September, 1895. Courtesy of the Ossining Historical Society. Share
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in new window) Tumblr Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Ossining Historical Society Museum Published May 22, 2016 May 22, 2016
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Detail from a promotional postcard for Harmon captioned “View of Benedict Boulevard, where it crosses Broadway.” Circa 1907. One hundred and nine years ago this month lots in Harmon were “selling . . . like hot cakes,” according to an article in the
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May 24, 1907 issue of the Katonah Times . 1 “One mile north of Ossining on the Hudson River there has sprung up a new town. Its name is Harmon. It was laid out a short time ago into village lots and they are selling to day like hot cakes. Although
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the first public announcement of the new property at Harmon was made only two weeks [ago], large crowds have been visiting the property every day. A special excursion train, leaving the Grand Central Station . . . on Sunday, May 5, carried over five
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hundred people, of whom almost one fourth purchased property. The total sales for that day were 140 lots. If you desire to get any of this property you should visit it some week day and avoid the rush from New York. On Sunday, May 12, many more came
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up and lots were sold like hot cakes. Clifford B. Harmon, of Wood, Harmon & Co., who is planning this new city, did not expect to put it on the market until June 1st as the extensive improvements are only under way. But the public seems determined
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not to wait for improvements or a formal opening of the property. Since its opening sales have been made to people from New Jersey, Brooklyn and all the river towns as far north as Albany. A noteworthy feature of the advance sale of lots at Harmon
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is the popularity of the section reserved for bungalows. This is located around a small lake on the property, which is fed by springs . . . This idea is a decided novelty in suburban development and it is proving very popular. A large number if these
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sites have already been sold, which indicates that there will be a large and substantial bungalow colony at Harmon this summer. So much interest has been taken in this new Hudson River property, which is the first to be put on the market at moderate
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prices and the easy payment plan, that Wood, Harmon &. Company expect to have it entirely disposed of within a very short space of time.” We suspect everything in this article was fed to a credulous reporter by the master salesman himself, but that
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only adds to its charm. As we’ve recounted in previous posts Clifford Harmon was a master of real estate marketing, who ran newspaper ads telling everyone that “All New York is Amazed!” at the “Quickest and Most Successful Real Estate Development in
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the History of New York.” He urged New Yorkers to “Think of Your Children,” growing up in “the Highest, Healthiest, Most Beautiful, Most Accessible, and Most Aristocratic Part of Westchester County.” Early promotional post card for Harmon captioned
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“View of Benedict Boulevard, where it crosses Broadway.” Circa 1907. Although we can’t really appreciate what visitors to the undeveloped land at Harmon thought in 1907, the promotional post card shown above is a revelation to Crotonites today. If
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you stand in the parking area of the Dairy Mart, looking down Benedict Boulevard at Vogue Spa & Nails (the original Harmon sales office), you can approximate the view shown in the post card. Detail from a promotional postcard for Harmon. Circa 1907.
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Can you believe there was once a huge, flat, treeless field in front of you, going straight down Benedict Boulevard to the hilly area of Lexington, Sunset and Observatory Drives? “A New Village in Westchester County—Harmon,” The Katonah Times , May
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24, 1907, page 2. ↩︎ Share this: Print (Opens in new window) Print Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
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Pinterest Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading... Related Tagged Clifford Harmon Harmon Harmon-on-Hudson Post card Published May 29, 2016
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As summer comes to a close, let’s take a look at this nice postcard of swimming at Croton Point, circa 1915. The card was published for “W.H. Noll, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.” by Commercialchrome, a printer located in Cleveland, Ohio. The company
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operated from 1910-1920 and the white border on the front and divided back (with separate space for the message and address) means it was probably printed circa 1915. 1 “W.H. Noll” is likely William H. Noll, proprietor of Bill’s Restaurant, once
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located at the intersection of South Riverside Avenue and Brook Street. According to his 1941 obituary in the Ossining Citizen-Register , he had lived in Croton for 29 years and had operated the restaurant for 25 years. His wife, Ella Munson Noll,
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died in 1931. At the time of his death he lived at 8 Hamilton Avenue in Croton. 2 A great resource for identifying postcard printers is metropostcard.com . ↩︎ Ossining Citizen-Register, May 23, 1941, page 2 column 4. See here . ↩︎ Share this: Print
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