Prof. Edwin Markham
Oakland, California
Dear Sir:
Permit me to thank you from the depths of a grateful heart for the brave and awe-inspiring sentiments contained in your poem, “The Man With the Hoe.” It is like nothing else that has even been...
Ship manifest of "negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color taken on" the Steamer Osceola of Washington from the port of Alexandria [Virginia]. Includes names of ship's Master James Mitchell, shipper William S. Chichester, and collector Edward S....
Benches; Clouds; Hats; Mountains; Railings; Ship equipment & rigging; Skylights; Umbrellas; Trees; Passengers; Color postcards; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Rivers;
This is an image of passengers on the deck of a steamboat on the Hudson River on a clear day. The image only shows part of the deck including a skylight, the top of the sidewheeler, and some of the equipment and rigging. The river and mountains...
Bridges; Cityscapes; Cities & towns; Flags; Smoke; Smokestacks; Steeples; Utility poles; Passengers; Color postcards; Boats; Side wheelers; Harbors; Rivers;
The Albany Steamer cruises in Albany Harbor. There is an apparent pier on the fore left. Albany's cityscape appears dominated by the New York Sate Capitol in the left background. Other blurred vessels are visible in the right background. Printing...
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...
Canal construction on the Oswego section of the Barge Canal in Fulton, N.Y. Dam and spillways control the water flow from the Oswego River to permit presumed construction of a lock at left side of image.
This lock (Lock No. 17) at Little Falls, N.Y. has a single lift gate instead of two swing gates. Railroads tracks appear at the left side of the canal.
