Moonwatch and Open House this Weekend

11 Oct 2010

Moonwatch and Open House this Weekend

October 11, 2010
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1860s, Society Events

Stereoview card made from photographs of the full moon taken by Henry Draper in the 1860s from his observatory at Hastings on Hudson. To read more about this card, which is in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum, click on the image.
On Saturday, October 16th, the Hastings Historical […]

12 Jun 2010

Mark Your Calendars! Moonwatch Friday, June 18, in Draper Park

June 12, 2010
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Photograph of the moon highlighting the Mare Imbrium. The small white circle underneath the center of the Mare Imbrium is the Capricorn crater. The Hastings Historical Society in conjunction with a group of local amateur astronomers presents a sky viewing for the whole family at 9PM on Friday, June 18th, […]

03 Jun 2010

Slideshow this Sunday: A Voyage up the Hudson in Historic Photographs

June 3, 2010
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1870s, Society Events

Palisades from Englewood Landing (repairing shad net), ca. 1870
The Historical Society’s annual meetings are important but painless affairs, generally lasting from 5 to 10 minutes. Then we get to sit back and relax and enjoy a great lecture or concert, which is always free and open to the […]

27 May 2010

400 Turn Out For House Tour!

May 27, 2010
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Noel Murrain (left), nephew of the present owner of 131 Pinecrest Drive, shakes hands with Hastings Mayor Peter Swiderski (right). 131 Pinecrest was owned in the 1920s by Metropolitan Opera ballet master Alexis Kosloff. (Photograph copyright Susan Rutman)
Last minute worries about the weather and a sufficient stock of […]

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 […]

01 Apr 2010

The New “Hastings Historian” Mails Today!

April 1, 2010
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1950s, Collection, Society Events

Hanging out at the counter at Lange’s Sweet Shop, ca. 1958. The photograph shows, left to right, sitting: Marianne Marinello (later Marra), Savo Tseros (later Fries), and Margy Jenkins (later Fisher); standing: Kevin Grauer, Lee Manning, Janet Aluisio (later D’Alio), and in the very back you can see the […]

01 Dec 2009

Open House This Saturday, Dec. 5th

December 1, 2009
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1880s, 1890s, Collection, Society Events

Now that Thanksgiving is over and the last slice of pumpkin pie has been eaten, we can turn our attention to the next set of holidays! We don’t often open the cottage on a Saturday, but in honor of the season we are going to have an open house this […]

19 Oct 2009

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

October 19, 2009
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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, […]

08 Oct 2009

The New “Hastings Historian” Mails Today!

October 8, 2009
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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 […]

15 Jun 2009

The New Historian Mails Today!

June 15, 2009
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1900s, Collection, Society Events

Today the hardy Historical Society volunteers gather once more to prepare the Hastings Historian for the post. They have even more work than usual because this Historian is going to all the households in the village – more than 4,000 of them! No one who has followed the Society’s doings […]