From the Archives

Notes from Rhinebeck Historical Society
September 2025

It’s Family Time!

Scanning through the archives and finding families. Small families, big families; it’s all about families. Whether identified or unidentified, they are preserved in the archives.

50 Years Together! 

Abigail Len & Abram Robert Hadden
celebrating their 50th
Wedding Anniversary!

Parents of Robert Samuel Lent Hadden;
Grandparents of Meta Frances Hadden Brunk, Robert Monroe Hadden, and Lois Allen Hadden Miele;

Photographer: unknown; dated 1938; Lynn Murphy Collection; 2019-002.09

Where’s Mom’s hat?

Two adults and three children; four charming hats.

Photographer: Frank Asher; photo taken 1890s-1920s; 1998-020.36.

Mom and Baby Time!

Photographer: Robert Asher; dated 1890s to 1920s; glass plate negative; 1995-001.03.61

Three Generations!

Top: Lewis Henry Allen & Annie Francis Green, parents
Middle: Laura Martha Allen
Bottom: Eliza Hildreth Green & Barney Green, grandparents

Photographer: unknown; undated; Lynn Murphy Collection: Hildreth Family Group; 2019-002.21.

All Dressed Up!

Man, Woman, Baby

Photographer: Robert Asher; dated 1890s to 1920s; glass plate negative; 1995-001.03.84

Do we have to, Mom?

A lady and three boys.

Photographer: unknown; undated; Harrison Collection; 2018-001.01.082.

Discover more family photos and don’t miss the collection of Robert Asher glass plate negatives in the Archives. 

See you in October!

From the Archives,
Researcher Bonnie Wood
September  2025