Erie Canal; New York (State); Coenties Slip (N.Y.); East River (N.Y.); Canal-boats; Commerce; Inland trade; Schooners; Illustration.
Newspaper engravings found on page 1012 of Harper's Weekly dated November 15, 1873. Found on this page are two illustrations, the upper one depicting a scene on the flour docks on Coenties Slip, New York. The bottom illustration shows grain being...
Flowers; Stores, Retail; Furniture; House furnishings; Beds; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of rose and card with text,"C.A. Warner Co. The Burr Folding Bed, Warerooms, 33 W. 14th St. bet. 5th and 6th Aves. Branch Store, 534 Fulton St. Brooklyn."
Flowers; Stores, Retail; Furniture; House furnishings; Beds; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of two roses and card with text,"C.A. Warner Co. The Burr Folding Bed, Warerooms, 33 W. 14th St. bet. 5th and 6th Aves. Branch Store, 534 Fulton St. Brooklyn."
Tester thanks Markham for agreeing to look over some of his poems. He writes of his hope to write more poems and asks Markham to send some of his own poetry for Tester to read.
Seven autograph letters (one accompanied by envelope), signed, by Henry Burgh, and one portrait engraving autographed by Burgh. All letters are written on A.S.P.C.A. stationary and most concern the A.S.P.C.A. or cases of animal cruelty. They are...
This is one of the two eagles that adorn the tops of the doorways of the old William Sloane House. The eagle's shield are the words, "Spirit, Mind, Body," those elements of people that Y.M.C.A. programs seek to build.
Color postcard depicting the William Sloan House (Y.M.C.A) on the right and a map of midtown Manhattan on the left featuring such well-known landmarks as: the Empire State Building, Pennsylvania Station, the New York Public Library and the...
Landscape; Stores, Retail; Farms; House furnishings; Furniture; Carpets; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
"Furniture. Carpets. Illustration of farm. Man is working in cornfield in foreground, woman hanging clothes on line next to house, cows and chickens on path, mountains in background. Verso side:"Homes furnished throughout in plain or grand style,...
United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn; Music publishing industry; Polkas; Redowas; Dance music; Piano music
Color illustration of people working and sitting outdoors with cows. Barn and house in background. On light green paper. Text, "1887. Our spring offering. Alphonzo Smith, dealer in pianos, organs and music. Read our great offer on outside...
Thirty-fourth Street (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Maps.
This cropped image shows two blocks of 34th Street between 7th Avenue and 9th Avenue and between 33rd Street and 35th Street. The buildings, colored in red, include row houses, lofts, banks, Printing Crafts Building, Pennsylvania Building, Nelson...
Founded in 1930 to provide cheap housing for members of the Armed Forces, the William Sloane House was named after William Sloane (1873-1922), chair of the Army and Navy International Committee through World War I and of the National War Work...
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--New York (State)--Peterboro; Libel and slander--New York (State)--New York
Two-page letter from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated May 20, 1860, discussing a court case involving Royal Phelps and Judge [Charles A.] Peabody of New York.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Two-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated January 11, 1844, which accompanied a copy of Spooner's The Unconstitutionality of Slavery.
