Hastings’ First Female Doctor

23 Jul 2010

Hastings’ First Female Doctor

July 23, 2010
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1880s, 1890s, Collection, Hastings History

Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie” Curry, probably taken in the 1880s.
Do you find obituaries depressing? But you never know what fascinating lives lie behind these short paragraphs! Take a look at this obituary from the Yonkers Herald Statesman of 1932.

“Hastings-on-Hudson, May 31 – Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Curry, one of the […]

15 Jul 2010

Mystery Photograph: Church Ladies?

July 15, 2010
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1960s, Collection, Mystery Photos

Remember the young commuter from the June 24th post whose name was Josephine Selvaggio? Well, the years have rolled by, and you see her here on the far left of a group of seven senior citizens, with one gentleman standing at the back. They are posed on Main Street, right […]

08 Jul 2010

A Fourth of July Parade – 1910s style

July 8, 2010
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1910s, Collection, Hastings History, Reminiscences

In 1941, long-time Hastings resident Stephen Zebrock wrote a column for the Hastings News called “Main Street Through the Years.” In this column, he set down everything he could remember about his childhood in Hastings in the late 1910s. This week, we thought you might like to read what Stephen […]

01 Jul 2010

Heads Up – It’s the Hindenburg!

On the 9th of October 1936, retired chemist and camera buff A.C. Langmuir of 383 Broadway set up his camera to take a photograph of the zeppelin Hindenburg hovering above the Anaconda Wire & Cable Company on the waterfront. The same day, the following article appeared in the Yonkers Statesman […]

24 Jun 2010

Josephine Selvaggio: Hastings Commuter

June 24, 2010
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1920s, Collection

After last week’s post, it seems appropriate to introduce you to one of the Hastings commuters who brought the floors of Grand Central Station to such a state of disrepair. Her name is Josephine Selvaggio of 22 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, and she is 25 years old. It is 1926, and […]

20 May 2010

Title: House Tour Preview: May Yohe – Hastings’ Glamour Girl

May 20, 2010
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1900s, Collection

Hastings has rarely been as close to the international high life as it was at the turn of the century when the actress May Yohe lived here. This weekend, May 22nd & May 23rd bewteen 1 & 5, the house she spent several years in will be on the Historical […]

06 May 2010

House Tour Preview: Kenneth Clark – Neighbors and Guests

Our May 22 & 23 house tour will include the home of African-American psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark. In 1950, the Clarks moved to Hastings’ Pinecrest neighborhood, the area west of the Andrus Memorial Home. They raised their children here and remained here until their deaths, Mamie in 1983 and […]

29 Apr 2010

Mystery Photo: 1938 High School Fire Squad

April 29, 2010
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1930s, Collection, Mystery Photos

”FIRE SQUAD: The fire bell rings and students are efficiently rushed out of the building by the Fire Chief Albro Rile assisted by those ten strong men on the fire squad: Eben Chabot, John Moser, Walter Bennett, Jack Galvin, Frank Wills, Bill Burckhalter, Bill Kaufman, Joe Janik, and Chris Rohrbach.”

So […]

22 Apr 2010

House Tour Preview: Margaret Sanger’s Window

April 22, 2010
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1900s, 1910s, Collection

Margaret Sanger in a photograph she included in her book My Fight for Birth Control with the caption “Suburban Motherhood.”
In 1998, Margaret Sanger was included in Time Magazine’s 100 Most Important People of the Century for her relentless crusade for women’s rights, and especially for birth control (a […]

15 Apr 2010

House Tour Preview: Henry Draper’s Observatory

April 15, 2010
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1870s, Collection, Society Events

Save the date! May 22 & 23
Get acquainted with fifteen historic Hastings houses and the celebrities who lived in them. Come to our 2010 house tour and learn more about Civil War Admiral David Farragut, women’s rights activist Margaret Sanger, Hudson River School artist Jasper F. Cropsey, African-American sociologist Kenneth […]