Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (Place Stamp Here - Domestic One Cent - Foreign Two Cents) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: series number (Par Excellence Series Hudson River No. 2.); Printed in Germany;...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted, (Place Stamp Here - Domestic One Cent - Foreign Two Cents) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back; Printing information: series number (Par Excellence Series Hudson River No. 2.); Printed in Germany;...
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848; Syracuse (N.Y.); Salina (N.Y.); Packet boats; Travel and description; Forests; Mosquitoes.
Page 154 found in Chapter twelve in Volume one of Marryat's A Diary in America. Plagued by swarms of mosquitoes, the traveler arrives at Syracuse. He comments about the names of American cities: "I do detest these old names vamped up. Why do not...
Landmark arcade designed by McKim, Mead and White to house the bronze busts of prominent Americans from a variety of fields. The site was formerly the Bronx campus of New York University. Today it is the home of Bronx Community College, CUNY.
Correspondence; Military hospitals; Convalescent hospitals; War; Military mobilizations; Military training; Bombardment; Air warfare; Social classes; Farming;
Bill tells Marjorie that the IB has regained some of the land they lost in the retreats from the previous spring. In the action, Bill was hit by shrapnel and was evacuated to a hospital, where he is currently recovering. Bill gives Marjorie the...
Sierra Leone Company; African American loyalists--Nova Scotia; African American loyalists--Sierra Leone; African Americans--Colonization--Nova Scotia; African Americans--Colonization--Sierra Leone; Freetown (Sierra Leone) -- History; Abolitionists;...
John Clarkson (1764-1828) was an English abolitionist, agent for the Sierra Leone Company, and lieutenant in the British Royal Navy. The collection consists of Clarkson's manuscripts, written in journal form, of his involvement with the settlement...
Children; Stores, Retail; African Americans; Food; Groceries; Cracker industry; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of African-American man holding a cracker and a cornucopia. Crackers are pouring out of the cornucopia and children running to it. Child in crib also crying out towards crackers.
New York University's R.O.T.C. students, in uniform and marching on campus below the Hall of Fame. The Reserve Officer Training Corps program gives students the opportunity to study to assume leadership in areas of the infantry, signal corps,...
Students reading near the entrance to the Hall of Fame on the New York University campus in the Bronx. Note entrance caption 'Enter with joy that those within have lived.'
Landmarks; Colleges & Universities; Hall of Fame for Great Americans; New York Zoological Park
Points of interest in the Bronx, known as the Borough of Universities and equally well known for such landmarks as Poe Cottage, the Hall of Fame, and the Bronx Zoo. In-- Vol. XXIV, No. 2, p. 10.
