Short manuscript written by Josephine Dos Santos where she reminisces about life in Hastings during the first half of the 20th Century.
- Recalled by
- Josephine Dos Santos (née Selvaggio)
- Decades
- 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
- Names mentioned
- Miss McClave [school teacher]; Mrs. Rackett [school teacher]; Dr. Langworthy; Home Workshop; Mrs. Smith; Miss O'Neil [school teacher]; McClave's Blacksmith; Dorland [family]; A&P Hastings; National Conduit and Cable Company; American Brass Company; Anaconda Wire and Cable Company; Colonial Motor Company; Hastings House Restaurant; Farragut Inn; Kaufman Brothers; Kaufman's Hotel; Ben Sun; Hastings Theatre; Chenard's Gas Station; Mrs. Cotlets; Henry Kulkowitz [actor]; Mrs. Maher [school teacher]; First National City Bank
- Related elements
- Dennis, Dorothy, "1977 Interview with Josephine Dos Santos, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY," Hastings Historical Society Youtube, April 25, 2024 ; "Josephine Selvaggio: Hastings Commuter," Hastings Historical Society, June 24, 2010 ; "Mystery Photograph: Church Ladies?" Hastings Historical Society, July 15, 2010
- Further reading
- "Josephine Do Santos Papers, 1942-1990," Manuscripts and Special Collections, New York State Library. ; "Pamphlets - Dos Santos, Josephine Selvaggio, 1901-1992," Pamphlet Collection, Westchester County Historical Society
- Subjects
- Buildings and Architecture Churches of Hastings Development of the Village Hudson River Waterfront Immigrants Industries and Factories Parks and Playgrounds Recreation Schooling Shops and Businesses Streets of Hastings World War I
- Keywords
- American Brass Company Workers' Strike American Legion Hall Childhood Chrystie Estate Court House Building Department of Public Works Fire Department Fire House Fisher's Farm German Immigration Gypsies [Romani People] Hastings Public School Ice Skating Irish Immigration Italian Immigration Jewish Immigration Little Coney Island [Uniontown] Old Court House Polish Immigration Reynolds Field Sleigh Riding Spanish Influenza Epidemic Summer School Teaching Terrace Apartments Trolley Victory Gardens Village Elections Youth Center
