Postcard shows how easy it is for those staying at the hotel to walk across the street to Penn Station and catch the subway to the fair grounds. The Long Island Railroad and the I.R.T. (Interborough Rapid Transit) lines are drawn from Penn Station...
Markham thanks Meserole for sending "The Decay of Capitalistic Civilization" by Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Markham goes on to talk about how Jesus is the only man who can save civilization from decay.
Le Prade writes to Markham about ideas for helping the children. She also asks him to pray for both her and the Poets' Garden and looks forward to his upcoming visit.
Postal data: posted, postmarked ([C embedded in larger postmark] New York, N.Y., Aug 23, 10AM, 19[?]), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE; ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Printed message (In leaving New...
A Bronx Rotary Club banner bearing the seal of the Borough of the Bronx anticipates the arrival of Rotarians from 128 countries who are expected to attend the 1964 New York World's Fair. Rotarians are known for their youth services programs and...
View of Unionport Bridge over Westchester Creek. The Bronx Board of Trade advocated that the bridge either be reconstructed or replaced to deal with the increased flow of traffic and congestion into the area especially as a result of the opening...
Description of the world's largest publisher of library indexes and reference books, which serves customers all around the world. In--Bronxboro, Vol. XXXVI, Summer, pp. 5, 15-16.
The work of the world's largest printing equipment manufacturer is described. R. Hoe & Co. converted its plant during World War II to create ordnance material under contract to the U.S. Army. In-- Bronxboro, Vol. XXV, No. 10-11, pp. 11-12.
Caption reads: "Pennsylvania Hotel. One of the world's largest hotels, the finest of the chain of Statler Hotels. A popular meeting place for New Yorkers. Has 2200 rooms." Facing the hotel in the foreground is the old Pennsylvania Station...
Four-page memorial from a Convention of the Friends of the Negro addressed to His Excellency William H. Seward, Governor of New York, regarding the abolition of slavery in the United States. Signed on behalf of the Convention by Thomas Clarkson,...
Printed resolution from the General Anti-Slavery Convention, held in London between June 12 and June 23 in London, by the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society [later the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society] condeming...
Letter from Robert B. Harshe, Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, to Juliana Force, dated February 28, 1929. Regarding the sales of lithographs by Glenn Coleman and possible exibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. See also: JRF to Robert...
