Vintage Irvington

In part four of five in our series on Irvington street names, we continue to explore the history of various avenues throughout the neighborh...

In 1925, Thomas C. and Ethel Claffey Osborne moved into their two-year-old home at 411 Poplar Road in the brand new Pleasanton section of I...

Hundreds of young Irvington residents served their country during World War II. Life magazine came to the neighborhood in the middle of ...

Previous posts revealed images of Poplar Road in the 1920s. By the 1940s, you will note that the trees had matured and that some of the ...

Poplar Road winds through the small enclave of Pleasanton in western Irvington. The street cuts through the center of the neighborhood ...

Little Evelyn Schneider of 327 Poplar Road enjoys her ride in a wagon being pulled by a goat. An entrepreneur likely brought the goat into...

These historic photographs reveal an emerging neighborhood in 1923. Pleasanton had only begun as a development only a few years prior ...

One of the best kept secrets in Irvington is the beautiful little enclave of Pleasanton located east of Emerson and south of Michigan St...

The Emerson Avenue Baptist Church has been a part of the Irvington area since 1913 and on the northwest corner of Emerson Avenue and East...

William Schneider and his daughter, Evelyn, pose for a photo in 1925 towards the bottom of the Ellenberger Park sledding hill. The Schneid...

Evelyn Scheider, the daughter of William and Myrtle Schneider, grew up in the Pleasanton section of Irvington at 327 Poplar Road. This lov...