Ardsley Note Cards
Each pack of note cards contains:
5 Cards (4.25 in x 5.5 in)
5 Envelopes
About the Artist
Edith DeCecca was a member of the Holscher family and grew up on the chicken farm of her parents, John and Minnie, and delivered eggs and spring chickens as far away as Scarsdale and Bronxville. Two of her uncles, George and Charlie, worked the original Holscher farm, which adjoined her parents'. As a widow with ten children, her grandmother Margaret had relocated the family from Yonkers in 1910 and started the farm in the Sprain Brook Valley.
The Ardsley Middle School with access off Ashford Avenue presently occupies much of what was originally the Holscher farm. Even though it wasn't an easy life, Edith seems to have fond memories of the farm, considered herself an Ardsley resident, and still remembers how good those spring chickens tasted. She also remembers the large number of arrowheads found when the land in the valley was cultivated. She graduated from Ardsley High School in 1945 and then attended Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City. A fine artist, Edith has continued to pursue an art career. She created a set of note cards in watercolor-scenes of Ardsley that are now for sale by the Ardsley Historical Society.
A long-time member of the Ardsley Historical Society, Edith was on its Board of Directors. She passed away at 90 years of age in 2018.
