Photograph collection, [ca. 1850]-1978.

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Photograph collection, [ca. 1850]-1978.

Photoprints, postcards, lithographs, and illustrations largely pertaining to Tarrytown and North Tarrytown. Subjects include aqueducts, boats, buildings, businesses, cemeteries, churches, Croton Dam, fire departments, houses, the Hudson River, Washington Irving and his home Sunnyside, portraits, schools, street scenes, and water views. Collection also includes photograph albums from the Wood, Bacon, and Cobb families; and an album of photographs by William Abbatt of his boyhood home in the Town of Eastchester, N.Y., ca. 1880.

ca. 6 cubic ft.

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Sunnyside (Tarrytown, N.Y.)

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Historic Society of the Tarrytowns (Tarrytown, N.Y.)

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Abbatt, William, 1851-1935

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William Abbatt (1851-1935) was an author, magazine publisher, and editor based in New York during the first half of the 20th century. His work concentrated on the American Revolution, and included several publications on John André and Benedict Arnold. In addition to his work with scholarly manuscripts, Abbatt edited and published The Magazine for History with Notes and Queries . From the guide to the William Abbatt collection, Abbatt, William collection, 1927-1931, (William L. Cleme...

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...