Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Letter from Maude Littlefield Baillard to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, dated November 2, 1928. Requesting participation from the Whitney Studio Galleries for an advertising campaign titled "In the New York Art Galleries".
Letter from Maude Littlefield Baillard to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, dated November 2, 1928. Requesting participation from the Whitney Studio Galleries for an advertising campaign titled "In the New York Art Galleries". Typewritten on letterhead.
Letter written by [Juliana Force] to Hobson Pittman, dated December 12, 1929. Due to declining financial conditions Pittman's show must be postponed to a later date. Letter unsigned.
Lansing, John, 1754-1829; United States. Constitutional Convention (1787); United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)--History--Sources; United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)--Sources; United States. Constitution; United States....
Two autograph notebooks (1787 May 25-June 16 and 1787 June 18-July 10), containing John Lansings notes taken during the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Some contents include: transcriptions of various committee reports, including a...
Postal data: posted, postmarked (ONEIDA, N.Y. JAN 15 8PM 1906; PHILADELPHIA, PA. REC'D 1906) (NICETOWN [indiscernible] PA REC'D JAN 16, 12 [?]M 1906), stamp; Postcard type: undivided back (THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD); Addressee...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted (PLACE STAMP HERE, UNITED STATES CUBA CANADA AND MEXICO ONE CENT, FOREIGN TWO CENTS) printed inside stamp box; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SIDE FOR CORRESPONDENCE; THIS SIDE FOR ADDRESS ONLY); Logo: (OFFICIAL...
Postal data: posted, postmarked [striped oval postmark] (E. WEY STA? 1905, M.A. ); Postcard type: undivided back; (THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS); Printing information: series number (No. 653); Logo (POST CARD); Addressee (Hattie Hueltick, 120...
Postal Data: posted, postmarked (ALBANY, N.Y. OCT 4, 2-AM, 1910); stamp; Postcard type: divided back; Logo: (SOUVENIR POST CARD); Printing information: (Printed in Great Britain); Written message (On our way & good weather following us. Thank you...
Flowers; Dyers; Plants; Animals; Clothing and dress; Dyes and dyeing; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of deer and fauna surrounding card with name and address of office and branch offices. Gold background. Verso side: List of branch offices in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Text,"Dye, clean, and refinish all kinds of...
Women; Confectioners; Painted fans; Ice cream, ices, etc.; Soda fountains; Desserts; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Fan shape card. Illustration of fashionable woman holding fan and reclining in flowering tree. Verso side: fan shape card. Text,"Visit Duckworth's when shopping for a glass of their famous ice cream soda water."
Children; Stores, Retail; Straw work; Hats; Clothing and dress; Millinery; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of a female child walking with a male child in wheat [or straw field. Male child is carrying sickle. Another child is in the tall vegetation watching the two other children. Verso side: text,"Chas. M. Jacobson, Manufacturer of Hats,...
United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn; Music publishing industry; Advertising; Musical instruments; Sheet music; Music stores
Back cover of Brighton Beach March. Advertisement for Blasius & Sons, piano sellers. Featuring sheet music for, "Song to the Stars." Text, "Buy your piano direct from the manufacturer. Save all immediate profits - easy terms."
The Coliseum, erected in 1926 for the Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial Exposition,
before being removed and shipped to the Bronx in 1928 for reassembly. The frame of the structure was on the former site of an amusement park called Starlight Park on...
Image of the saddle horse named 'Bronx,' who won a Philadelphia Centennial Exposition medal in 1876. 'Bronx,' the horse, was named for the Bronx River.