Yet Another Vintage Photograph

Press photo dated September 9, 1926.  Collection of Mary Thurston, Historian for Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, NY.
Press photo dated September 9, 1926. Collection of Mary Thurston, Historian for Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, NY.

This photograph, from 1926, shows the beginning of section 2 of Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery. The cornfield in the background is approximately where the intersection of Wendy Lane and Athania Street is now.

10 thoughts on “Yet Another Vintage Photograph”

  1. Thanks for posting that pic! I wasn’t born then but I sure enjoyed walking through the pet cemetery when I was a teen!

      1. Hartsdale, NY
        Hartsdale Pet Cemetary
        The oldest pet cemetery in the World.
        Located in Westchester County 1 hour north of Manhattan.
        America’s First Pet Burial Grounds
        Oldest operating pet cemetery in the world
        Only pet cemetery listed on the National Register of Historic Places
        Ranked Top 10 Cemetery in the World
        Certified National Wildlife Habitat
        Licensed Under New York State Law
        The first and only pet cemetery in NYS to receive accreditation from the IAOPCC
        Deed restricted land
        Irrevocable Trust Funds managed by an independent trustee
        Family owned and operated for over 40 years
        Located 30 minutes north of Mid-Town Manhattan
        Serving all religious denominations

  2. What a lovely photograph. It’s sad to see what is surrounding the cemetery nowadays. There was such beautiful countryside there then.

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