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Beacon Through the Years

Maps, photographs, and postcards of Beacon from the Library of Congress and from local families, decade by decade. Every item carries its credit line and rights statement.

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1910s

  • Postcard view of the Presbyterian Church in Matteawan (Beacon), New York, around 1910Postcard · 1910Presbyterian Church, Leonard and Amity Streets, Beacon, New York — about 1910 postcard
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 1 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 1
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 3 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 3
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 4 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 4
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 5 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 5
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 6 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 6
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 7 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 7
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 9 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 9
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 10 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 10
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 11 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 11
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 12 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 12
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 13 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 13
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 14 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 14
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 15 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 15
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 16 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 16
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 17 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 17
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 18 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 18
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 19 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 19
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 20 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 20
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 21 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 21
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 22 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn fire insurance map, sheet 22
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 23 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, sheet 23
  • Sanborn fire insurance map sheet 26 of Beacon, New York, July 1919Map · July 1919Beacon, New York in July 1919 — Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, sheet 26

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