June 12
Dear Mr. Markham,
I have been wanting to ask you for a portrait of yourself for my room. Won’t you please send me one? I liked that San Francisco photograph (used in The Comrade); also one I saw in Rockwood’s the other day. Please send...
Harbor view of Sugar Loaf Mountain, Hudson River; Printing information: card number (56); Written message in blank space at bottom of card (Many thanks for card. I gave your name to Miss Cecilia Duffy of Canada she wants to exchange books with...
Barge on Erie Canal near Cobbs Reservoir in Rochester, N.Y. with rural scene in the background. Printing information: card number (2435) [indicated on front side only]
View of Bridge Square at Ilion, N. Y. Card shows a lift bridge, a bicycle, wagons with passengers and commercial buildings in background. 217603 printed in lower right corner [presumably card number and indicated on front side only]
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...
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...
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...
Furniture; Stores, Retail; Carpets; Children; Animals; House furnishings; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of a man standing and feeding a donkey while woman and child are sitting on the ground near him holding flowers. The woman is holding a crown of flowers and her hat is sitting next to her in the grass. Verso side: text,"Established...
Erie Canal; New York (State); North River (N.Y.); Hudson River (N.Y.); East River (N.Y.); Canal-boats; Commerce; Inland trade; Schooners; Illustration.
Illustration found on page 409 of the Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion. This view represents an active scene of trade and commerce along New York's river. With text.
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...
Verplancke family; Mount Gulian (Fishkill, N.Y.); African Americans--New York (State)--Fishkill; Slaves--Maryland--Social conditions; Fugitive slaves--Maryland; Fishkill (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
James F. Brown (1793-1868) was the ex-slave gardener of the Verplanck family at Mount Gulian, Fishkill, New York. Brown was a runaway slave from Maryland, and the Verplancks purchased his time after he was found by his master. The collection...
