Mystery Photo: Watermelon Eating Contest?

21 May 2009

Mystery Photo: Watermelon Eating Contest?

Here are two photographs dated August 29th, 1959 and both showing the same five kids. Three of them at least seem to have small white tags attached to their clothes! We are just guessing here, but it looks like they are devouring slices of watermelon. Is it a contest? Are […]

18 May 2009

Remembering the Hastings Record Shop

May 18, 2009
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1950s, Collection, Reminiscences

By Bob Russell 17 to 19 Main Street ca. 1960 (Hastings Record Shop on far right) In the Fall 2008 issue of the Historian there is a wonderful story written by Carol Marie (Venuto) Davis regarding her family life and the eventual creation of the Steinschneider parking lot, which required […]

14 May 2009

Mystery Photo: Hastings Class of 1963

May 14, 2009
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1960s, 1970s, Collection, Mystery Photos

Editor’s Note: We’ve been having a great time writing about some of the odd corners of Hastings history and the interesting things we have in our collection. We can’t quite manage three posts a week right now, so we’re going to be reducing the number to two and moving the […]

11 May 2009

Hastings’ First Jail

May 11, 2009
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1880s, Collection

This photograph of the village “lockup” has attracted 72 “views” on our Flickr site! So when we came across an old article that mentions the history of the local jail, we decided to share it with you. The 1933 Hastings News article is from a series by an anonymous writer […]

10 May 2009

Mystery Photo: Anaconda Pioneers

Here are two photographs of Anaconda Pioneers, the top taken at a dinner on October 26th, 1950 and the bottom at a dinner on November 5, 1953. An Anaconda newsletter from 1945 reported that employees were already making plans for a club that would be open to anyone who had […]

07 May 2009

The Hastings Hospital

May 7, 2009
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1910s, Collection

by Judy (Wemer) Chamberlain Dr. Jenks hopital building in the 1960s. If you have taken a trip down Olinda Avenue lately, you may have noticed that something is missing on the south side of the street. For more years than I can remember, a small, old wood and stucco structure […]

04 May 2009

The 18th-Century Sloop “Nancy”

May 4, 2009
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1700s, Collection

The “Clearwater” and the “Woody Guthrie,” ca. 1980. The “Clearwater,” birthed in Poughkeepsie, was built in 1969 by Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. as a teaching tool for environmental education.
Here at the Historical Society, it sometimes feels like “history” begins in the 19th century. Aside from a few […]

02 May 2009

Mystery Photo: Sewing Circle at 9 Euclid Avenue

May 2, 2009
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1950s, 1960s, Collection, Mystery Photos

Here is another mystery for you! A group of unidentified ladies are seated around the dining room table at 9 Euclid Avenue, the home of Elizabeth and Harry B. Harvey. Elizabeth is standing in the back, holding a doll that seems to be the model the other ladies are working […]

30 Apr 2009

Unexpected Guest at Opening Reception

April 30, 2009
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1910s, Society Events

Welcome to our Opening Reception: From left to right: Trustees Evelyn Drewes and Eileen Forbes-Watkins and members Fred Olsson and Marvin & Nancy Weinberg. In the background are parts of Henry Draper’s telescope and the Riverview Manor Hose Company display.It was lovely to see so many old and new friends […]

27 Apr 2009

The Barbers of Hastings

April 27, 2009
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1950s, Collection, Reminiscences

by Judy (Wemer) Chamberlain Joe Manzi and a customer in Krueger’s barber shop on Main Street You never know what you are going to find when you visit the Hastings Historical Society. The cottage is a treasure trove of photos and maps, documents and books, and objects from another time. […]