Sinclair writes about his upcoming book "Jimmie Higgins" and details about it being published, along with prices and other information. He includes reviews of "Jimmie Higgins" and "The Profits of Religion".
Buildings; Stores; Street Scenes; Fires; Organizations
Street scene at Fordham Rd. & Creston Ave. showing newly opened stores, including Cromwell's, following a four alarm fire that destroyed the stores the previous year. The landlord of the property and most of the merchants were members of the Bronx...
Newly opened section of the Cross Bronx Expwy.
looking east. The westbound section is still under construction. The road in the foregound is an exit ramp for the Sheridan Expwy. Also seen are Bronx River Houses on the right; and on the left, the...
Newly opened section of the Major Deegan Expwy., looking north from the Tremont Ave. Bridge. Cedar Avenue parallels the new roadway. The Hudson line of the New York Central Railroad, is to the left. Morris Heights buildings are seen, and the dome...
The newly redecorated and expanded office of the Franklin Society Federal Savings and Loan at 1 East Fordham Rd. & Jerome Ave. 'Desiree,' a 22-foot Olympic Star Boat, gave the Open House its theme, 'Sail into Security' with a savings account at...
The first cars to use the newly converted Park Avenue Tunnel which had previously been used as a railroad tunnel. View is looking north toward Grand Central Terminal from 33rd Street.
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...