Florence Service Collection

Watervliet Public Library

Preface of the Florence Service History of Watervliet NY - Image Source

Collection Facts

Extent:

Dates of Original:

c. 1900 - 1910

Historical Context

Florence P. Service (1888-1983) was a life-long resident of Watervliet, NY. At the age of 14, she wrote a history of Watervliet, N.Y., and at 16 began working as a button sewer for Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc. She would work there for 60 years before retiring at the age of 76.

Scope of Collection

This collection contains both the history that Florence P. Service wrote in 1902 and a portrait that was taken of her by the Obenaus Studios in Albany, New York.

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Creator Attribution:

The Obenaus Studios Albany, Troy & Schenectady N.Y.

Service, Florence, 1888-1983

Additional Information

Scope and Content Source:

The local history collection contains materials on Watervliet, Troy, and selected materials on Albany County. It includes town histories and a vertical file of published materials, clippings, and other materials dealing with the Town of Watervliet. The vertical file also contains a History of Watervliet by Florence Service, 1902 (manuscript); and unpublished Watervliet histories by various authors (1980s through 1996).

Publisher of Digital:

Watervilet Public Library