
Follow the link below and be trasported to the year 1904 where we are listening to the classic hit "Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man" by Jean Schwartz and William Jerome, sung by Dan W. Quinn. This track is from the Library of Congress's National Jukebox. Rip Van Winkle is a character created by Washington Irving.
His cottage home is open for tours weekends in December (excluding Christmas day). You can also experience an evening candlelight tour this Saturday!
Valentine's Day comics from Harper's Magazine. February, 1857.
Comic or "vinegar" valentine. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd. Chromolithograph on paper, 1906. Private collection.
Valentine's Day poem from Godey's Lady's Book, January 1851.
Valentine card. Embossed paper, silk, ink, graphite, c. 1840-1860. Historic Hudson Valley.
Valentine card (back), showing handwritten address. Embossed paper, silk, ink, graphite, c. 1860-1880. Historic Hudson Valley.
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