Zoom in on the details. 🧵

1960s textiles that speak volumes—about style, identity, and a changing world.

Visit us and take a closer look. We are open from 2–4pm today, the yellow cottage in Draper park.

#HastingsOnHudson #HastingsHistory #1960sStyle #TextileHistory

🗓️ January at the Cottage!

Stop by and take a look back at a key decade of transformation with the 1960s exhibit!

Today, Saturday
, Jan 3 2–4pm
Mons 11am–2pm /Jan 5, 12, 19, 26
Thurs 11am–2pm / Jan 8, 15, 22, 29

#HastingsHistory #HastingsHistoricalSociety #RIvertowns #HastingsOnHudson

🏠 By Mail Order: Sears Houses in Hastings

In 1998, Kathleen Ha documented Hastings homes built from Sears, Roebuck & Co. kits—ordered straight from a catalog! Many still stand today, a testament to their quality and charm.
#HastingsHistory #SearsKitHomes #HistoricHomes

🏛️Do you know where this eagle originally lived in Hastings? 🐿️And do you know which other animal sculpture this artist is known for?

#HastingsHistory #HudsonValleyHistory #HastingsOnHudson #WhatWasThere #Rivertowns #ObserveHistory #TodaysTomorrowsYesterday #HastingsHistoricalSociety

Gus Wagner navigates Warburton Ave. in his cutter, with Spring St. behind him, in this circa 1905 photograph by George Sackett. Winters in the early 1900s were especially harsh, making sleighs and cutters a common sight on Hastings’ snow-covered streets. #HastingsHistory #WarburtonAvenue