Category Archives: Then or now
1860 Ice Skates for Sale
Hello Halfway Brook Friends! I hope this finds everyone well. I plan on posting old or nostalgic winter photos/images I found on the Library of Congress for my new Halfway Brook series. I hope you will enjoy them. Kind Regards, … Continue reading
1869 Winter
Winter by J. Morviller. Chromo-Lithographed and Published by L. Prang & Co., Boston, 1869. Library of Congress: 2017650231.
Home to Thanksgiving
1890 Summer Homes and Rambles Along the Erie Railway
(Click twice on the above map to see Eldred between the long white spot and two smaller ones, above the red Erie RR line.) This Map exhibits in detail the topography of the country in which the many superior Summer … Continue reading
1886 Summer Homes and Rambles on the Picturesque Erie
Summer Homes and Rambles Along the Erie Railway, 1883
Along the Erie Railway, 1882
1881 Watkins’ Glen, NY
A Ramble through Watkins’ Glen, even at noonday, is cool and delightful. Excepting Niagara itself, no place will bear comparison with this wild and picturesue gorge. Our illustration represents the famous Rainbow Falls.
1881, Pure and Silver Gloss Cornstarch
For the Laundry, is the best and most economical in the world. Is perfectly pure, free from Acids and other foreign substances that injure Linen. Is stronger than any other, requiring much less quantity in using. Is uniform, stiffens and … Continue reading