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New York Soldiers of the Great War

 

Site Link: New York Soldiers of the Great War

Soldiers of the Great War, published in 1920, was an official attempt to identify, with photographs, all members of the U.S. armed forces who gave their lives in World War I.  The Larchmont Historical Society scanned, indexed and posted online all of the pages relating to fallen soldiers from New York State.

Using the Search Tool

The Search Tool is in sidebar next to this article. The images are stored in and displayed from a digital archive which can be searched by the name of the soldier or the name of the soldier’s residence. To search for a soldier in the archive using the Search Tool, enter either the last name – example “Jones” – or the community name – example “Albany” – and all corresponding records will come up.

The project uses a digital image database which displays the search results. The database displays scans of pages from Soldiers of the Great War. Clicking on any small image of a page brings up a full-page display. Each photograph contains the name, residence, and cause of death or injury:

K.A. Killed in action
D.D. Died of Disease
D.W. Died of Wounds
D.A. Died of Accident
W.A. Wounded in Action

Once you know the page you want, you can download the page at no cost. Select the “Download a page” link for instructions.

Please note that Soldiers of the Great War does not include all of the names and pictures of fallen soldiers in World War I. For more complete information about the use and limitations of the database see the following articles:

Complete Instructions
Author’s Introduction (1920)
Additional Search Resources

Special thanks are in order to Michaela Roberts, an intern with the Historical Society, who indexed all of the entries.

The Herb Roth Photograph Collection

Two residents celebrated at Flint Park during the 1940s

Herb Roth was a local resident and well-known cartoonist. He worked for the New York World and the New York Herald Tribune, but also published his cartoons and illustrations independently. The Larchmont Public Library has a collection of his photographs of Larchmont in the early 1940s.

Site Link:  The Herbert Roth Collection

The Larchmont Public Library Collection

This is a 1920s illustration of Larchmont Village Hall

The Larchmont Public Library maintains a collection of images from documents in the Library, as well as the Herb Roth Photograph Collection.

One group of images is from Larchmont the Beautiful, a 1922 publication that celebrated Larchmont, its residents and their homes. Another set is of vintage charts and maps, which mostly depict Larchmont locations.

Site Link:  The Larchmont Public Library Collection

Larchmont Fire Company Collections

A fire from the 1960s on Larchmont Avenue

A fire from the 1960s on Larchmont Avenue

These are photos kept over the years by the four companies and some of the chiefs of the Larchmont Fire Department. The collection includes images of the company rooms at Village Hall as well as those from parades, outings and fires. There are also scans of “Count Screwloose” cartoons by Milt Gross, who was a member of the Hook and Ladder Company.

Site link: Fire Company Collections

Streetscape Pictures from 2002 and 2012

The Larchmont Store

These photos were taken by Ned Benton in 2002 and again in 2012 to illustrate each address in Larchmont Village’s business districts. The LHS plans to update the record every decade with photographs of the same sites.

Site Link: Streetscape Pictures from 2002

Some locations have multiple photographs taken at other times. These can be found by using an address keyword: see Searching by Address for detailed directions.

 

Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club

Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club

This collection is an eclectic mix of images donated by the Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club to the Larchmont Historical Society. Some are from the club’s early history. Others show the fire and renovation in the 1990s, and many depict more recent social and racing events.

Site Link: Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club

Additional photographs of the club may be found in other collections. Use the keyword “hhyc” to search the entire Archive. For further instructions, see: Browsing and Searching the Collections.

The Larchmont Times 1901-1902

Larchmont Times, June 1, 1901

The Larchmont Times of 1901 and 1902 are editions of a weekly newspaper published by George S. Forbes. The paper was produced in New Rochelle from offices at 225 Huguenot Avenue. It became the Larchmonter Times in 1908 and was published until 1922. It was then succeeded by the Larchmont Times, which ran until 1955.

Site link: The Larchmont Times1901-1902

The Historical Society obtained an original set of the 1901-1902 Larchmont Times in 2008, digitized it, and then posted it to the Photo Archives. We also scanned and cropped separately a set of advertisements by local merchants and professionals.

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The William Keresey Collection

LPD Chief William Keresey

William Keresey was Larchmont Police Chief from 1934-1974. During his years of service, he collected pictures of police-related events such as collisions along with general pictures of the Village. His son, who was chief from 1986-2001, allowed the Larchmont Historical Society to scan these pictures for the Photo Archive. 

The pictures include many vehicular incidents.

 

Larchmont Manor Park

The 1962 Swim Team

This collection includes vintage pictures from the Bath House at Manor Beach and more current ones of the beach taken at high and low tides.

The original Bath House photos hang in the entrance hallway. They show past staff, swim teams, and life at the beach. Over the years, the pictures have faded.

The Historical Society obtained permission to scan the photos and post them in our collection. On images that include names, we have entered them into the index of information for the photos.

Do you recognize someone who isn’t identified? Please contact us so we can update the index.

Site Link: Pictures from Manor Beach