A sampling of items from the Chester Historical Society’s Collection of Chester history.
The Society maintains a collection of items (photos, manuscripts, books, artifacts, documents, news clippings, etc.) relating to greater Chester community's history. We are also building a computerized database of this collection, to which items are added every month. A number of items from the Chester Historical Society collection which have been posted with extensive descriptions on the New York Heritage website at:
https://nyheritage.org/contributors/chester-historical-society
Samplings from our collections:
Agriculture
Commerce
Banking (The Chester National Bank)
Community
Rail Roads
