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Hudson Area Library Local Historical Maps & Atlases Collection, 1740-2004
10 Atlases 63 Maps- Abstract Or Scope
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This collection, which dates from 1740-2004, includes dozens of hand drawn maps, and maps with engravings, most of them originals, as well as bound atlases, representing the City of Hudson and its immediate surrounding area, including Columbia County and portions of adjacent counties as well as New York State. These items contain important information about the history of Hudson and the surrounding region – from insurance and railroad maps, topographical and geological maps, to bird’s eye view drawings and developmental proposals. The collection also includes maps that provide information about The Hudson River as a site of commerce, industry, travel, and tourism, as well as wildlife and residential life, since the settling of the city of Hudson. The collection features maps and bound atlases from a multitude of important historic publishers, including Beers, Ellis & Co.; H.H. Rowley & Co; F.W. Beers; Hudson River Sloop Clearwater; The Sanborn Map Company; and Frank E. Richards, among others.
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Postcard Collection, circa 1900-1980
11 boxes- Abstract Or Scope
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The Postcard Collection depicts numerous establishments and events throughout Albany, New York, from approximately 1900-1980. This is an artificial collection created by the volunteers of the Albany Institute of History & Art from various individual donations over the years.
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Postcard Collection, circa 1900-1980 11 boxes
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- Albany Institute of History and Art
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The Postcard Collection depicts numerous establishments and events throughout Albany, New York, from approximately 1900-1980. This is an artificial collection created by the volunteers of the Albany Institute of History & Art from various individual donations over the years.
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Tracey I. Brooks Hudson River Steamboat Collection, (circa 1900 - 1950)
614 photographic images- Abstract Or Scope
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Tracey Irving Brooks was a professional quality photographer based in the Capitol Region of New York State's Hudson River Valley. Born in 1888 Mr. Brooks photographed Hudson River steamboats during the first half of the 1900s. The collection covers an extensive variety of steamboats on the upper portion of the Hudson River. The collection includes photographs, postcard images and glass plate negatives of steamers, tugboats and ferries from Tracey I. Brooks' collection.
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Tracey I. Brooks Hudson River Steamboat Collection, (circa 1900 - 1950) 614 photographic images
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- Tracey I. Brooks
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Tracey Irving Brooks was a professional quality photographer based in the Capitol Region of New York State's Hudson River Valley. Born in 1888 Mr. Brooks photographed Hudson River steamboats during the first half of the 1900s. The collection covers an extensive variety of steamboats on the upper portion of the Hudson River. The collection includes photographs, postcard images and glass plate negatives of steamers, tugboats and ferries from Tracey I. Brooks' collection.
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