Dutchess County Postcards

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Photopostcards of Yesteryear

Lounge at Arcadia Inn Fiat Motor Factory
This factory, between Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park (next to the Insane Asylum), was used to make car parts to be shipped back to France. After the factory was closed down the building was used for publishing. During the early 1990s the publishing house moved out and the building was torn down. Bridgestreet, Hopewell Junction
Bridge Street looking North, Hopewell Junction, NY. All of these buildings still exist. The church in the foreground was St. Columba before it was moved up the street. Card is postmarked 1910.

Our Five Delivery Wagons, Luckey Platt & Company
Luckey Platt & Company was THE place to shop in Dutchess County during the early and mid-20th Century. The store expanded until it owned almost the entire block. Sadly, when the Dutchess Mall was built, Luckey Platt started to lose business until the finally closed in the 1980s. Card is postmarked 1907. mill Mill at Red Oaks Mill, Poughkeepsie
Red Oaks Mill is the intersection of Vassar Road and Route 376. The town has prospered in recent years with the addition of numerous restaurants and other businesses. The mill in this postcard no longer exists but the bridge is still present, but has been modernized. The card is postmarked 1908.

race Start of the Race
The race was between a man by the name of Parker in a Fiat Racer and a man by the name of Ely in a Curtiss Aeroplane. The race track in Poughkeepsie was built by the Fiat Factory to test their automobile parts. The track was torn up when IBM bought up the property. The card is postmarked 1910. Does anyone know the outcome of this race? Young America Firehouse, Poughkeepsie
This postcard is of one of the stablemen showing of their prized horses. It was produced during the Firemens Convention, June 18-20 1907.

garage Empire Garage, Fishkill
This garage is still in operation and is now owned by Ketchem Motors. Although the shape is the same the windows have been changed and made smaller. The building to the left is still there but the building on the right was torn down when All Sport expanded and a business park was built. Card is postmarked 1911. trolley Poughkeepsie Trolley
Po'keepsie Trolley, Wappingers Falls NY. (Circa 1906)

hughville Main Street, Hughsonville
Hughsonville is the cross roads of Wappingers Falls, Fishkill Landing, and New Hamburg. The postcard is postmarked January 29, 1906. parade Parade in Poughkeepsie
This parade was the social event of the year. It was one of many WWI parades being held all over the country. This one was held on April 6, 1918. All the towns in Dutchess County came to represent their heroes. Men walked in full uniform, woman in their nurses outfits, and children built floats to be driven down Main Street.

Post office in New Hackensack
New Hackensack is a tiny town in between Poughkeepsie, Red Oaks Mill, Wappingers, and Fishkill Plains. Most of New Hackensack was torn down or "removed" to make way for the Dutchess County Airport. None of the buildings in this postcard exist now. The card is postmarked 1910. tourney Fireman's Tournament
This tournament was held between the largest towns in Dutchess County at the time; Wappingers Falls, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, and Millerton. This was an all day event that was held in September of 1908. This tournament was a year after a lavish competition held in Poughkeepsie. In 1909, Poughkeepsie held another competition between the Fire Companies during the Hudson Fulton Celebration.

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Fiat Motor Factory This factory, between Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park (next to the Insane Asylum), was used to make car parts to be shipped back to France. After the factory was closed down the building was used for publishing. During the early 1990s the publishing house moved out and the building was torn down.	Bridgestreet, Hopewell Junction Bridge Street looking North, Hopewell Junction, NY. All of these buildings still exist. The church in the foreground was St. Columba before it was moved up the street. Card is postmarked 1910.
Our Five Delivery Wagons, Luckey Platt & Company Luckey Platt & Company was THE place to shop in Dutchess County during the early and mid-20th Century. The store expanded until it owned almost the entire block. Sadly, when the Dutchess Mall was built, Luckey Platt started to lose business until the finally closed in the 1980s. Card is postmarked 1907.	Mill at Red Oaks Mill, Poughkeepsie Red Oaks Mill is the intersection of Vassar Road and Route 376. The town has prospered in recent years with the addition of numerous restaurants and other businesses. The mill in this postcard no longer exists but the bridge is still present, but has been modernized. The card is postmarked 1908.
Start of the Race The race was between a man by the name of Parker in a Fiat Racer and a man by the name of Ely in a Curtiss Aeroplane. The race track in Poughkeepsie was built by the Fiat Factory to test their automobile parts. The track was torn up when IBM bought up the property. The card is postmarked 1910. Does anyone know the outcome of this race?	Young America Firehouse, Poughkeepsie This postcard is of one of the stablemen showing of their prized horses. It was produced during the Firemens Convention, June 18-20 1907.
Empire Garage, Fishkill This garage is still in operation and is now owned by Ketchem Motors. Although the shape is the same the windows have been changed and made smaller. The building to the left is still there but the building on the right was torn down when All Sport expanded and a business park was built. Card is postmarked 1911.	Poughkeepsie Trolley Po'keepsie Trolley, Wappingers Falls NY. (Circa 1906)
Main Street, Hughsonville Hughsonville is the cross roads of Wappingers Falls, Fishkill Landing, and New Hamburg. The postcard is postmarked January 29, 1906.	Parade in Poughkeepsie This parade was the social event of the year. It was one of many WWI parades being held all over the country. This one was held on April 6, 1918. All the towns in Dutchess County came to represent their heroes. Men walked in full uniform, woman in their nurses outfits, and children built floats to be driven down Main Street.
Post office in New Hackensack New Hackensack is a tiny town in between Poughkeepsie, Red Oaks Mill, Wappingers, and Fishkill Plains. Most of New Hackensack was torn down or "removed" to make way for the Dutchess County Airport. None of the buildings in this postcard exist now. The card is postmarked 1910.	Fireman's Tournament This tournament was held between the largest towns in Dutchess County at the time; Wappingers Falls, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, and Millerton. This was an all day event that was held in September of 1908. This tournament was a year after a lavish competition held in Poughkeepsie. In 1909, Poughkeepsie held another competition between the Fire Companies during the Hudson Fulton Celebration.