Vintage Irvington

Eight scouts from Mr. Smith's Sunday School class at the Irvington Presbyterian Church went on an adventure sometime in the summer of 19...

When the Thomas Restaurant chain opened at 5530 East Washington Street, local residents had the opportunity to feast on some classic mid-cen...

It has been three years since I first set up this little blog.  I started this site in November of 2010 because I could find nothing like it...

For the past year, the Irvington community has been hard at work raising money to save the historic Irvington Post Office and Hook's Dru...

I first met Dr. Victor Vollrath and Isabelle Burnside Vollrath in April of 2012.  I could not believe my good fortune.  Dr. Vollrath, born i...

The arrival of the supermarket in the mid-twentieth century changed the shopping habits of the American people.  Corner grocery stores that ...

In the summer of 1934, Boy Scouts from Troop #3 gathered in front of the Irvington Presbyterian Church for a photo.  The Great Depression ha...