Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
After recounting dismissal of English Professor Oscar Shaftel in 1953 during the McCarthy witch hunts, author discusses the relatively "comfortable" student life at the college during the 1950s. Illustrated with two b/w photographs depicting...
Aerial view of the Consolidated Gas Company of New York's site at Hunts Point and the surrounding neighborhood. This gas plant produced 20,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily.
Opening its Hunts Point Branch, at 550 Hunts Point Ave. near Randall Avel, officials from First National City Bank present Borough President Joseph F. Periconi with a cake decorated with 50 candles. The candles commemorate the golden anniversary...
An article originally appearing in 'Bronxboro' is quoted, proposing industrial expansion in the less congested Hunts Point area. In Scrap Book. Sept. 1952 - Dec. 1961. (p. 50b)
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
Aerial view of the Loral Electronics complex at 825 Bronx River Ave. Hunts Point is to the right of the Bronx River. This advanced electronics company is a major supplier of defense equipment for the U.S. Armed Forces.
Aerial view of the company's Hunts Point plant at Barry St. & Oak Point Ave. Shown at the dock is a company vessel discharging an 11,000 ton cargo of gypsum rock shipped from its quarries in Nova Scotia. The company specializes in fireproof and...
This wholesale grocery distributor moved from Manhattan to the Hunts Point area due to its proximity to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad yards at Oak Point and Leggett Ave. Deliveries from all parts of the country come right to the...
Teen-agers barbeque a hickory-smoked canned ham from the Stahl-Meyer and Ferris line of meat and grocery products. The firm plans to build a plant in Hunts Point to produce its products. Other products include bacon, frankfurters and spreads.
Plan for the Sheridan Expwy. at the junction of Bruckner Blvd. (lower roadway) in the Hunts Point area. The plan also shows the New Haven Railroad tracks.
