In 1984, Bessie Harden Payne had a humanitarian award named after her. She received a New York State Legislature Award in 1974 for her tireless work to ...
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By Shannon Butler The Local History Room collections have a lot of photographs of buildings that are long gone. Some of them were destroyed by fire, or ...
By Bill Kleppel On Easter, April 9, 1939, operatic contralto Marion Anderson performed a remarkable concert in front of 75,000 people. This moment on the ...
By Shannon Butler We have previously discussed that, over time, buildings are lost for various reasons and sometimes all we have left to remind us of their ...
By Bill Kleppel “How many ascensions have you made, Miss Thurston?” “This will be my 22nd.” “The wind is blowing pretty hard.” “Well, rather, but it will do ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt ‘Man of the Year’ cover; 5 Jan 1942: created by Ernest Hamlin Baker By Bill Kleppel Print magazines have been a dying medium since the ...
By Bill Kleppel Madison Square Garden? Carnegie Hall? Lincoln Center? Ha! When it comes to historical spectacles of the finest caliber, they have nothing on ...
By Shannon Butler Poughkeepsie is an enigma. It's a place that has inspired people to come and to do great work. Its views have inspired beautiful art, and ...
By Shannon Butler Poughkeepsie has always been a place of growth and change, and despite what some may believe, it’s never really been the kind of place ...
