DIVERSE DOCUMENTS: OUR VARIED HERITAGE by S. Gardner
Historical Portraits & Photos
There are very few portraits of Warwick's persons of color in the local archives. Here are a few that we have found--- unfortunately, they are not yet identified.
These two portraits of Black American women were taken by photographer E. F. Still, circa 1890s-1910s. From glass plate negatives, Joslyn Collection of the Warwick Historical Society archive (click on the portrait full lenth view to visit them at New York Heritage):
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There area few other photos and portraits in the archive of the Warwick Historical Society:
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This section of a photo of Main St. during a World War I victory parade shows a group of children who appear to be following along with a woman of color marching in the front parade-- perhaps their mother or other family member, who served as a nurse or local support committee member. |
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gardener working at he F. C. Cary property on Main St. near where the Post Office is today are also part of the Joslyn collection, Warwick Historical Society. |
The large building in the rear is the old Wawayanda Hotel. These photos are circa 1890-1920, before the library was built.
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This portrait of John Finnegan -- likely John Finnegan of Greenwood Lake b.1881- d. 1942)was taken by Frank Welles and published as a postcard. The handwritten description indicates that Mr. Finnegan was bi-racial; we can guess that he was of partly Native American heritage since studying and collecting Indian culture and history was something Welles was intensely interested in. We speculate that in this portrait Welles celebrates and documents someone of local Native American ancestry. |
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Greenwood Forest Farms
Notables and residents of Greenwood Forest Farms
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