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Asher B. Durand’s “The Capture of Major André” from 1845. The major is depicted in a black coat, but experts are unsure which of the men painted in brown…

When 88 meant XOXO One hundred years before internet dating was invented, telegraph operators at the Nyack and Piermont train stations fell in love over the “wire”. Marian Belle Byram (known as Belle) and Thomas Kelly both started working as telegraph operators in 1908, Belle at the Piermont train station and Thomas at the Nyack train […]

Anthony DeKruif was born in 1851. His father — Henry DeKruif Sr. — immigrated with Albertus Van Raalte. His mother, Dina Van de Luyster, was the daughter of Jannes Van de Luyster.

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