Series 3: Photographs and Postcards, 1870s-2006, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs of the Bennett, Ryder, Vorhis, and Valentine families; portraits of Jaques Van Brunt Stillwell, William, Ida, and Joe Van Cleef, and Howard Pesk are also included herein. The majority of the family photographs are images of Edward Bennett, his wife Nelly May Ryder Bennett, and their daughter Gertrude Ryder Bennett Williams between 1935-1979. Many of the photographs of the Bennetts were taken at their home, the Bennett-Wyckoff homestead in Brooklyn. In addition to many images of Edward with students from his Sunday school class are portraits of Edward on his 91st birthday and portraits of Nelly May and Gertrude.
This series also contains photographs of Uriah, Janey, and Charles M. Ryder (1874), as well as photographs of the interior of the Ryder home (1936).
In addition to family photographs are printed materials regarding various Dutch farm houses in Brooklyn with postcards of the Wyckoff house as well as photographs of the Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church, and the new Gravesend Dutch Reformed Church from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Arrangement
This series is arranged in 8 folders: the Bennett Family (2 folders), Dutch Farmhouses-printed materials, Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church and new Gravesend Dutch Reformed Church, the Ryder Family, the Valentine Family, the Voorhis Family, and Miscellaneous Photographs and Postcards. The miscellaneous photographs and postcards folder contains photographs of Jaques Van Brunt Stillwell, "Mr. Kowenhohen," William, Ida, and Joe Van Cleef; as well as various postcards and an unidentified school photograph. The photographs in each folder are arranged by size for preservation purposes; all other material is arranged chronologically. Most of the folders include undated material for which the archivist applied circa dates for the folder level date ranges.
