Girls; Stores, Retail; Painting; Art; Dancers; Clothing and dress; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Shape of card and illustration of artist's palette with blobs of paint. On palette is illustration of girl in ballerina costume taking a bow possibly on a stage. There are flowers on the ground next to her. Verso side: text,"We are Brooklyn's...
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848; Utica (N.Y.); Oswego (N.Y.); Horses; Packet boats; Canal-boats; Travel and description.
Page 151 found in Chapter twelve in Volume one of Marryat's A Diary in America in which he describes the beginning of his travels along the Erie Canal.
Erie Canal; New York (State); New York; Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848; Rome (N.Y.); Packet boats; Travel and description.
Page 152 found in Chapter twelve in Volume one of Marryat's A Diary in America. It is here that Marryat describes the captain of the packet boat as one who was, " in his own opinion, no small affair; he puffed and swelled until he looked larger...
Drawing looking north along Fourth Avenue (Park Avenue South) from between 31st and 32nd Streets, mid-1850's. At left, with the flag, is the Brandes Hotel and Restaurant; to its right, in the block now occupied by Two Park Avenue, are the ticket...
Chapter V. At Tappan - Death; One footnote; A single embossed button is on the left hand side of the page, with the lettering "USA". On the right hand side of the page there is a layout of the Mabie Tavern as in 1780.
War casualties; Soldiers; Air warfare; Prisoners of war; Military mobilizations; Military officers; Nazis; Fascists;
Harry has just received a letter from Mim in response to his account of being at the front for the first time in July. He is now a hardened soldier; the planes and shells no longer bother him and dodging bullets is just a part of everyday life. ...
Jim tells his mother he will be going to Spain for his vacation, but promises to stay out of harm's way. He hopes that his research in Spain will lead to his writing a book. He has started taking Spainish lessons in preparation of his trip and...
Copy of a letter by Brigade Commissar Dave Doran to the Queens County Committee of the Young Communist League reporting the deaths of Sergeant Herman Greenfield of the Lincoln-Washington Machine Gun Company and Sergeant Emanuel Mandel of the...
Harry writes about the International Brigades taking the city of Quinto. He says that he watched one Nazi officer commit suicide and twenty others executed. The fascists had thought the IB was the Russian army and they surrendered, leaving their...
Military life; Sex; Marriage; Marching; Military occupations;
Harry writes to his friend Julius about his group taking over the house of a fascist. He has just come from a 24 km hike and is relaxing with his feet in cool well water. Congratulates Julius on his recent wedding and says that the soldiers are...
