Irvington, a small village 20 miles north of New York City, overlooks the widest point of the Hudson River. The 19th-century castles and chateaus built along "America's Rhine" have been replaced, yet Main Street remains almost exactly as it was in 1900.

Judith Doolin Spikes, researcher and writer, and Anne Marie Leone, photographer, coauthor a weekly series published in the Rivertowns Enterprise. With a majority of the vintage images contributed by the Irvington Public Library, these companion images honor Irvington's past and present.