In Honor of Veteran’s Day

12 Nov 2009

In Honor of Veteran’s Day

November 12, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
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1910s, 1940s, 1960s, Collection

Parade on Main Street during or just after World War I, possibly on Armistice Day, November 11th, 1918 Parades matter. And Joseph Semberger reminds veterans why in the “Commander’s Message” from a booklet produced in 1969 for the 50th anniversary of the James Daley Post No. 200 of the V.F.W.:“Each […]

05 Nov 2009

Between the Chrystie Estate and the A&P: Bob Russell’s Brook

November 5, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
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1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Collection

Editor’s Note: Bob Russell, a regular contributor to this blog and to the Hastings Historian, left a fascinating comment on Judy Chamberlain’s post last week about the history of the local A&P. I asked him to tell me more about what he remembered of the former Chrystie property, and he […]

29 Oct 2009

Happy Anniversary A&P!

October 29, 2009
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1930s, 1960s, Collection

By Judy Chamberlain During a recent trip to the A & P, I purchased some house blend coffee that came in a commemorative tin. The can’s copy heralds the dates 1859-2009 because the self-service chain is celebrating 150 years of service. The photo imprinted on the can reminded me of […]

22 Oct 2009

Hastings Powers the Atomic Age

October 22, 2009
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1950s, Collection

On September 21st we posted an article about Robert Fulton’s submarine called the Nautilus, which he built in Paris in the year 1800. Here is an article about one her descendents, the USS Nautilus, the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine, commissioned in 1954. Like Fulton’s ship, the new Nautilus was […]

19 Oct 2009

Meet the Author: Helen Barolini visits the Historical Society on October 25th

October 19, 2009
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Society Events

The Palisades in winter, 1947, from the Historical Society collection Ice on the Hudson,frigid winds toss up white gulls,sun sweeps the sky. from Hudson River Haiku by Helen Barolini As our final Hudson River Quadricentennial event, The Hastings Historical Society will open up Draper Observatory Cottage this coming Sunday afternoon, […]

15 Oct 2009

Mystery Photo: First Grade at Hillside, 1965

October 15, 2009
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1960s, Mystery Photos

Here is one of our most recent acquisitions, a fabulous photograph loaned to us for copying by Katy Artel Pietrogallo. It shows the bright and shining faces of Margie Kunze’s first grade class at Hillside School in 1965 (described on the letter board as “Year 1”). The girls in the […]

12 Oct 2009

The Historical Society Blog Takes a Holiday

October 12, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
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1940s, Collection

Our advice to you: Go to the movies! A recent donation from former resident Roy Weldon — a 1942 Hastings Theater flyer.

08 Oct 2009

The New “Hastings Historian” Mails Today!

October 8, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
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1920s, Collection, Society Events

“Babe” Ruth and Hastings mayor Thomas F. Reynolds Your next issue of the Hastings Historian contains many fascinating articles — articles about how Hastings got its name and about Hastings’ first ambulance, plus a wonderful reminiscence on gym class in the early 1960s. It also contains a plea from Frank […]

05 Oct 2009

Cutting Edge Technology in Hastings: The Phonograph

October 5, 2009
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1890s, 1900s, Collection, Mystery Photos

If you are a frequent visitor to this blog, you probably have some sense of how many unidentified photographs we have in our collection. In order to identify a photograph, we have to find the right person with the right knowledge, but sometimes that knowledge is not of names and […]

01 Oct 2009

Mystery Photo: Riverview Manor Hose Company, ca. 1945

October 1, 2009
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1940s, Collection, Mystery Photos

Here is a great photograph of the Riverview Manor Hose Company No. 3 filling up at the Gulf station on Main Street. We have a 1947 photograph showing the Gulf station in just this location on Main Street, in the spot that is now the Boulanger Plaza parking lot, before […]