Verplancke family; Mount Gulian (Fishkill, N.Y.); African Americans--New York (State)--Fishkill; Slaves--Maryland--Social conditions; Fugitive slaves--Maryland; Fishkill (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
James F. Brown (1793-1868) was the ex-slave gardener of the Verplanck family at Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York. Brown was a runaway slave from Maryland, and the Verplancks purchased his time after he was found by his master. The collection...
This is a vibrant reproduction of a color print by Canadian-born artist Charles William Jefferys (1869-1951) who once worked at the New York Herald. The Broadway Tabernacle Church, the 6th Avenue elevated train, the Herald Building and several...
A crowd of fashionable pedestrians peering through the windows of the New York Herald Building; there is a news boy behind the crowd trying to get a glimpse.
Illustration of the reception room of the Women's Hotel where residents would meet male visitors. The Hotel re-opened as a regular hotel and re-named to the Park Avenue Hotel two months after the Stewart's Hotel for Working Women opened.
Illustration of the Grand Ballroom of the Women's Hotel. Stewart's Hotel for Working Women was commissioned by the wealthy merchant, A.T. Stewart. The hotel opened in 1877 to provide safe housing for the influx of working women into the city. It...
Curbside image of the exterior of the Lambs' Clubhouse which was affiliated with the British organization by the same name. The Lambs Club in the US was founded in 1874 as the first American social club for the professional theatre community. In...
Interior view of Koster and Bail's Music Hall from the stage toward the audience. Six levels of seating are visible including ornate box seats, mezzanine seating and high balcony bench-style seating. A prominent vaudeville venue from 1893 to 1901,...
An image taken from the stage toward a two-level auditorium filled with theatre goers. The orchestra pit and its members are all visible. The audience is well dressed, many men in evening wear. Designed by Architects Kimbal & Wisedell, the...
This is an overhead photograph of a roof-top entertainment taken from the back of a full audience. There are arched lighting fixtures and performers on the stage. The tower and "hut" which seem to form the back wall of the stage area are...
Two beautifully dressed young women wearing opulent hats standing next to a horse drawn carriage and seem to be in the midst of working out the payment of their fare.
Brown, Mary Guion, 1782-1871; Brown, Samuel,b. 1781 or 2; Brown family; Haight family; Hobby family; Knapp family; Lounsbury family; Searle family; Smith family; Young women--United States--Diaries; North Castle (N.Y.)--Social life and...
Diary kept by Mary Guion Brown (1800-1852, bulk 1800-1808). Beginning when she was 17, she records, in considerable detail, the personal and social life of a young girl in Westchester County, N.Y., including daily activities, her efforts to...
DeWolf, George; De Wolf, William; Line, John; Plantations--Cuba; Plantation life--Cuba; Slavery--Cuba; Blacks--Cuba; Coffee industry--Cuba; Cuba--Social life and customs--19th century
Joseph Goodwin was a plantation manager in Cuba originally from Hudson, N.Y. This diary was presumably kept by Goodwin, although it may have been kept by his brother. After leaving home in Hudson, N.Y., Goodwin worked for Gen. George De Wolf, first...
