Boats; Buildings; Commercial facilities; Industrial facilities; Ladders; Reflections; Signs (Notices); Warehouses; Waterfronts; Black & white postcards; Canals; Windows
A black and white postcard featuring the Beechnut Plant along the Erie Canal in Canajoharie, New York. Three main buildings face the canal. The factory, closest to the viewer, is dominated by glass windows. A few of the windows are open. The...
A view of a large boat in the process of construction, standing on a platform on a raised embankment near a canal, which flows between two embankments or landings, by a tree and grass covered hillside. There are animals, horses or mules, and a man...
Contract for employment on the Brig Othello including names of crew, wages, and terms. Form printed and sold by Solomon Southwick, in Newport [Rhode Island]. On back, list of crew that received "one month's pay advance." Attached, receipt for wages...
Slaves--Kentucky--Lincoln County; Slavery--Kentucky--Lincoln County
Declaration of Covenant by Perry Gaugh against C. W. Nuckols regarding the prior sale of Martha Ann, a slave woman sold by Nuckols to Gaugh with the assurance of having sound mind and body. Martha Ann fell ill and died soon thereafter, resulting in...
Fair, but clipping attached is somewhat brittle and heavily yellowed. Smudged ink on provenance label. Edges of paper are very worn. Paper torn on top right section of [page 3]. This copy has been washed and deacidified, rebound in acid-free...
Slaves--Kentucky--Fayette County; Slavery--Kentucky--Fayette County
Four-page commissioners' report on the property of William E. Dudley, regarding the sale of land and the slaves named Anderson, Harvin, Lewis, Joseph, Patsy, Marian, Rose, in Fayette County, Kentucky [with attached newspaper clipping announcing a...
Girls; Food service; Dolls; Confectionery; Restaurants; Caterers and catering; United States--New York (State)--New York--Brooklyn
Illustration of female child seated in garden and holding doll. She is looking off into the distance. Text,"Weddings parties supplied at short notice and in first-class style. Ladies gents restaurant attached. Gold background. Verso side:...
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940. The man with the hoe, and other poems
March 3, ’11.
Prof. Edwin Markham,
Walters & Willard Aves.,
West New Brighton, N.Y.
Dear Comrade:
Find enclosed $1.50 for you two books of poems, “The Man With the Hoe,” and “Lincoln.” Send to us. I understood some two years ago that you...
New-York African Free-School; American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race; Abolitionists--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.; African Americans--Education--New York...
New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established 1785 to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society, which was...
People sitting on both sides of the lock that is closed on the Cayuga Canal in Cayuga, New York. There is a horse attached to a cart or wagon on the left side. The rural scene is peaceful and picturesque.
