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Police Officer Edward Burns mounted on a horse. He was the first Yonkers Police Officer to die in the line of duty.

This photograph was taken in 1949.

Thomas Brooks was the first African-American to serve as a police officer in Yonkers and Westchester County. He joined the Yonkers Police Department in 1925.

This photograph of Thomas Brooks was taken in 1930.

This photograph was taken in 1934.

This photograph was taken in 1910.

Mayor Kristen Kristensen is on the top row (third person the right).
Senator John Flynn is on the bottom row (second from the right).
The rest of the people in this photograph are unidentified.

In this document, the history of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps is described as well as its purpose and organizational structure.

The store was rented to the Yonkers Public Library by owner Ernie Green.

The aim of the program was to promote library service to Spanish speakers in the Riverdale Avenue section of Yonkers.


Standing (from left to right): Ida Heuer, senior…

This postcard is dated 1913.