92 Waters Avenue
West New Brighton N.Y.
January 7, 1912
Dear Mr. Martin:
I thank you heartily for sending me an inscribed copy of your volume, “The Passing of the Idle Rich.” It is a strong, useful and convincing work, one that will have a...
May 22, 1912.
Mr. Edwin Markham,
West New Brighton, S.I.
Dear Friend,
The Socialist Press Club is making its initial attempt to cooperate with the Socialist press. To that end the club is getting together material for a special Sunday supplement...
June 9th, 1929.
Dear Mr. Markham:
I have been keeping your letter (as I know you are not home yet,) waiting for the Bush of Brotherhood to blossom so I could send you some of the leaves. And that is well for now I can tell you more of Dr. Scott’s...
Caption on original reads: "STEAMER BENJAMIN B. ODELL, PASSING THROUGH THE HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON, NEAR THE BRIDGE" [top of card]; "VIEW FROM THE BEAR MOUNTAIN BRIDGE ROAD" [Botttom of card]. Printing information: card number (101637); series...
Barge, being pulled by a tugboat barely visible in front, passing under the shadow of a railroad truss bridge. There is a woman in kerchief and long skirt at the tiller, viewed from the stern. The top right of the stern board is visible with the...
Color postcards; Signs (Notices); Boats; Canal boats; Close-up views; Canals; Bridges; Buildings; Cities & towns; Streets; Towpaths; Utility poles; People
Close up view of canal boats passing under bridge as people walk across. Power lines and buildings highly visible in the background. White space on side of card for possible message.
A [presumably] hand-colored photograph of a scenic view of the Erie Canal passing by St. Agnes Chruch located in Cohoes, New York. The photograph is [presumably] hand-colored illustrating the variety of trees, shrubs, and [presumably] wildflowers...
Photo of Erie Canal at Waterford, NY. The photo appears to be taken from the embankment, surveying a canal boat passing under a walking bridge. The name on the back of the boat reads "Wonder - New York." Several passengers can be seen standing...
Buildings; Piers & wharves; Pilings (Civil engineering); Smoke; Smokestacks; Black & white postcards; Steamboats; Rivers;
A black and white photograph is displayed on the upper half of the front of the postcard. The remainder of the front side of the card consists of blank space except for handwriting that reads (Hudson River 1910) below the picture. The image...
The Claremont Hotel [Claremont Inn] on Riverside Drive in New York City, on a moonlit evening with stars. The hotel is decorated with bunting in the colors of the American flag, as if for a holiday. Grant's Tomb, situated nearby, is visible to...
A tugboat towing a barge is passing next to the speedway on the [Hudson River?] toward the Washington Bridge; Written message in blank space on the top of the card (Dear Rachel, If it is desireable [sic] the "favorili" [sic] can return Sunday...
Disasters; Fire; Barrels; Coats of arms; Flags; Hills; Logs; Reflections; Ropes; Ship equipment & rigging; Smoke; Smokestacks; Wreaths; People; Passengers; Black & white postcards; Rowboats; Ships; Steamboats; Panoramic views; Harbors;
The maritime scene at the Hoboken pier fire of 1900. In this disaster, notorious in its day, the piers of the North German Lloyd [Norddeutscher Lloyd] line in Hoboken caught fire, with the flames quickly passing to four vessels of the line; the...
Commissioners; Report; Receipts; Expenditures; Marcy, W. L.; Holley, Myron; William Bouck C.; Seymour, Henry; Young, Samuel; New York (State); Erie Canal; Report
Page three of a four page report from the Comptroller, of the expenditures of the Canal Commissioners. Submitted In Assembly, March 17, 1823. This report exhibits the several sums paid to the acting canal commissioners, and the amount expended by...
Erie Canal; New York (State); Land sale; Advertisement.
Advertisment for New York Canal Lands on Sale that appeared on March 6, 1824 in the New-York American. Two hundred thousand acres were offered for sale on or near the intended route of the Erie Canal, anticipating accessibility by water "as soon as...
