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...
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Between 2007-2008, Ned Benton took photos of every grave marker in all six local cemeteries and posted them in the Photo Archive. As information becomes available, the images are annotated with information about the people identified by the markers. CEMETERY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS The cemeteries documented include: Quaker – Barker Cemetery, Boston Post Road, Larchmont NY...
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Known as “Mr. Larchmont,” Philip Severin played an integral role in the evolution of our present-day community. Severin was a realtor, developer, planner, landscape architect, historian, artist and writer. He recorded his surroundings and experiences in both his art and his writing, preserving a record of life in Larchmont that brings the past to...
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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...
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These images owned by the Larchmont Historical Society, date from 1893 to 1911 and include personal photos as well as those of the business district and life in Larchmont. Site Link: The Fordyce Collection
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Larchmont has a rich history of active local political activity. This collection features advertisements, pamphlets and flyers donated by candidates over the years and scanned into the digital archive. The Historical Society has attempted to include both sides of each campaign or issue and is always interested in adding more material from elections in...
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The Larchmont Historical Society owns approximately 100 items of clothing dating from 1860 to 1940, worn by several generations of the family that lived at 46 Magnolia Avenue from 1891 to 1996. Photos of the clothes appear in this collection. Site Link: June Freeman Allen Costume Collection
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This is a comprehensive collection of images donated to the Historical Society by Sidney Astle, a Larchmont Village Trustee in the 1980s. Site Link: The Sidney Astle Collection
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Over the years, the Larchmont Historical Society has amassed a large number of images in addition to those in the named collections. There are photos of local homes, public agencies, churches, civic organizations, neighborhoods and parks. In addition there are images scanned from slides of LHS lectures, including those by Sherman Totten from his presentation...
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This is a comprehensive collection of images from Larchmont, gathered over many years of research by author and historian Judith Doolin Spikes. She was the founding president of the Larchmont Historical Society and served for many years as the official Larchmont Village Historian. Site Link: The Judith Doolin Spikes Collection
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