Vintage Irvington

      Throughout 1937 and 1938, a photographer from the Bass Photo Company documented the construction of the new International Harvester fa...

      The Shimer family predates Irvington. Many of the descendants remained in the area for years. Nelson Shimer, who grew up on the family...

      The Horner House located at 410 South Emerson Avenue has intrigued residents for years primarily because of its condition. No one has ...

      In 1909, the Presbyterians of Irvington worshipped in their newly-constructed brick church located at the intersection of Johnson and ...

      John Jacob Schoenholtz and his wife, Alma Glore Schoenholtz, moved into their beautiful Arts-and-Crafts-era home at 240 South Emerson ...

         Sometime in the mid-1940s, a member of the Shimer family snapped an image of Edna Webster Shimer as she walked up to her home at 58...

      Thomas and Edna Webster Shimer bought their relatively new bungalow at 5815 East New York Street in 1930. They were not the first fami...

  A Beautiful Day for a Wedding--Saturday, April 2, 1921      Residents near the intersection of North Bosart Avenue and East New York Stree...

          In the early twentieth century, local Irvington residents traveled on many brick streets including South Emerson Avenue. Additiona...

      Charles S. Townsend took out a building permit for 5821 East New York Street in 1910.  While Mr. Townsend may have been responsible fo...