All photos were taken in the
Tarrytown, N.Y., area in Dec.
1943; no record remains of
any appearance in Life mag.
Please click on the next
section--to enlarge type:
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Welcome visitors from all the
Tarrytown Facebook Groups! As
that Group's first Moderator, I had
originally posted this material on the
Group, "Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow,
We've Lived & Loved There"; but after
the administrator there blocked me,
I recollected all such photos here.
(A good soul who still has access to
the archives of the aforementioned
Group has informed me that most
of my posts--still being sequestered
there--have been replaced by a no-
tice, stating that the continued use
of my material there may, in fact,
constitute a copyright violation.)
As for the wonderful Life photos,
they now fill the unofficial tribute
page that you are on: "Tarrytown
as Seen by Eliot Elisofon." Current
members of the aforementioned
Group, as well as any and all others,
are most welcome to now view
this unique material here. Thanks
to Facebook members Dani and
Emil for graciously linking to it!
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Please visit the Official Web
Landing Page for a free copy (or
sample) of the Tarrytown/Sleepy
Hollow eBook by SHHS graduate
Notary Sojak (his pen name),
detailing many of our classic
merchants. Touch or click:
HERE .
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Please click on the next
section--to enlarge type:
BONUS!
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(Touch or click on any one
of these photos, to go to
where I originally found it!)
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"Children
putting on
Christmas
play"
(Caption
borrowed from
related photo.)
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"Catholic nun
teaching fifth
grade at St.
Teresa's Elementary
School."
(Caption borrowed
from related photo.)
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"Tarrytown"
(Note: school graduate
has pointed out
that boys & girls
were still being
taught separately
in 1943.)
Other
related
photos:
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"Couple eating
banana splits at
Russ Walton's
Sandwich Shop"
Note: we knew it as
Walton's Soda Shop.
"Tarrytown"
(Note Mr. Russ
Walton with ice
cream scoop.)
Originally, I had wondered why
the young lady had the sailor to
her right in one picture; but
then, he was to her left in the
next one.
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"Tarrytown"
Being photographed in the
same exact counter seat,
there are two very dif-
ferent young ladies - except
for the outfit, which is,
possibly, the very same one!
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"Tarrytown"
Another
related
photo:
Now we can see that the first
young lady didn't move to a
different seat. Rather, two
different sailors (as well as
two ladies) were, in fact,
present that day.
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"Mother serving spa-
ghetti to her children"
(Note photo of son,
who was killed in
action during the
invasion of Sicily.)
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"Tarrytown"
Note: somebody has identified
this skater as their uncle.
"People ice
skating on pond."
(Caption borrowed
from related photo.)
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"Tarrytown"
A note on the captions:
The photos that are
adequately-captioned
come from a subset
that was further
processed in 1944. I am guessing that
these were the superior shots that Mr.
Elisofon planned to use in some future
publication. This photo (from WIHS) &
the many others that didn't make it to
a second round are captioned simply:
"Tarrytown."
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"View of town
from roof of
apartment
house."
(Caption borrowed
from related photo.)
Related photo: 596197
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Thanks to Jim Doorley: for finding
these last five photos--directly in-
spiring me to discover--just how
many others had been taken.
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Please visit one of our other
websites. The first high-
lights the Classic NY State
Historic Site Markers located
in the Tarrytown/SH NY area:
classicnystatehistoricsitemarkers
tarrytownsharea.mystrikingly.com
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Then, our list of SHHS teach-
ers and other local notables
whom we pay tribute to on
their respective birthdays:
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View some short clips from
feature films that were shot
in the area of Tarrytown/SH:
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Then, a history of Beekman Ave., No.
Tarrytown (primarily, its south side):
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Next, a short history of
the start of No. Broadway,
Tarrytown (its west side):
shorthistorynorthbroadwaywest
sidetarrytownny.mystrikingly.com
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Next, a short history of Main
St., Tarrytown (its south side):
bn89.webnode.page
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Lastly, a short history of Main
St., Tarrytown (its north side):
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I do not own any of these photos. They
are displayed here under the doctrine of
Fair Use; for educational purposes, only.
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