From Flickr: “Smith Brothers Candy Counter – Poughkeepsie, New York” by The J. Smith Archive

Points of Interest in Poughkeepsie
First Settled in 1687
Home of DeWitt Clinton, first Governor of New York
Court House – site of building where the Federal Constitution was ratified in 1788.
Vassar College, founded by Matthew Vassar in 1861,
Smith Brothers Cough Drop Factory "Famous since 1847".

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