Digital Metro New York

New-York Manumission Society records, 1785-1849
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...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Sky Line, New York City. [front caption] (1front) [h0116ac1]
Buildings; Cities & towns; Cityscapes; Clock towers; Clouds; Coastlines; Flags; Historic buildings; Piers & wharves; Ship equipment & rigging; Smokestacks; Skyscrapers; Steam engines; Waterfronts; Color postcards; Fishing boats; Ocean liners;...
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Old Aqueduct., Little Falls, N. Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0465ac1]
Aqueducts; Chimneys; Clotheslines; Houses; Laundry; Shrubs; Trees; Utility poles; People; Color postcards; Close-up views; Rivers
Queens College, Waterways of New York

View of River Looking North from Congress Street Bridge, Troy, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [h0145ac1]
Bridges; Buildings; Cities & towns; Cityscapes; Clouds; Commercial facilities; Grasses; Islands; Marine Terminals; Mountains; Piers & wharves; Signs (Notices); Smoke; Black & white postcards; Boats; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Tugboats; Rivers
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Ice Boating on the Hudson River, N.Y. [front caption] (2back) [h0090ac2]
Cliffs; Clouds; Hills; Reflections; Trees; People; Passengers; Rural; Color postcards; Iceboats; Rivers; Panoramic views
Queens College, Waterways of New York

HUDSON RIVER DAYLINE STEAMER. "HENDRICK HUDSON." [front caption] (1 front ) [h0115ac1]
Clouds; Coastlines; Flags; Hills; Mountains; Reflections; Smoke; Smokestacks; Sunrises & sunsets; Trees; Color Postcards; Ships; Steamboats; Rivers;
Queens College, Waterways of New York

RIVER FRONT. ALBANY. N Y. [front caption] (1front) [h0148ac1]
Buildings; Churches; Cities & towns; Cityscapes; Clock towers; Flags; Historic Buildings; Piers & wharves; Reflections; Ship equipment & rigging; Smokestacks; Steeples; Waterfronts; Color postcards; Barges; Steamboats; Rivers;
Queens College, Waterways of New York

[Birth certificate of Emma]
Birth certificates--New York (State)--New York; Slavery--New York (State)--New York
Birth certificate of Emma, born October 3, 1803, to 'a negro woman named Hetta.' Signed by attorney at law Robert P. Lee.
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Anniversary Hymns 1901
United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn; Music publishing industry; Hymns, English
Booklet containing numerous hymns, including, Forward!; Master, I Pray Thee; God is Love; etc. Illus.: young girl in white dress holding hymn book with birds perched along its top. Girl is surrounded by yellow ribbon, pink flowers and green...
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Sheet Music Covers Collection

Barge Canal from Bridge, Fulton, N. Y. [front caption] (1front) [b0094ac1)
Canal construction; Clouds; Grasses; Hosting machinery; Reflections; Rocks; Rural; Scaffolding; Shrubs; Color postcards; Panoramic views; Bays (Bodies of water); Dams; Rivers; Spillways;
Queens College, Waterways of New York

View of Canal & William Sts., Whitehall, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [c0088ac1]
Truss bridges; Awnings; Buildings; Canal construction; Commercial facilities; Grasses; Industrial facilities; Mountains; Retaining walls; Signs (Notices); Trees; Utility poles; Color postcards; Panoramic views; Canals; Rivers;
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Lock, AT. Montezuma, New York [front caption] (1front) [e0468ac1]
Backyards; Chimneys; Clotheslines; Fences; Houses; Laundry; Lock houses; Locks (Hydraulic engineering); Towpaths; Trees; Black & White postcards; Close-up views; Canals
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Sky Line, New York City. [back caption] (2back) [h0116ac2]
Caption on original reads "Showing skyline of Manhattan from Jersey City. Manhattan Island 19,65 square miles, was purchased in 1626 from Indians for about $24,00, land value now $4,020,000,000. total realty value with improvements, is...
Queens College, Waterways of New York

Second Canal Lock at the Aqueduct Schenectady, N.Y. [front caption] (1front) [e0602ac1]
Waterways; Canals; Aqueducts; Locks (Hydraulic engineering); Towpaths; Snubbing posts; Ropes; Canal boats; Trees; Grasses; Clouds; Buildings; Color postcards
Queens College, Waterways of New York

BARGE CANAL OPERATIONS, Baldwinsville, N. Y. [front caption hand-lettered in white ink] (1front) [b0111ac1]
Horses; Buildings; Canal construction; Debris; Fences; Grain elevators; Hoisting machinery; Signs (Notices); Steam shovels; Trees; Utility poles; Water towers; Canal construction workers; Men; Black & white postcards; Close-up views;
Queens College, Waterways of New York