A child jumps from an abandoned building in Melrose onto a mattress below. He seems unaware of any possible danger or that he could miss his mark as he aims for a soft landing on the mattress.
A boy takes a daring bicycle ride on a ramp, created out of found materials, at Courtlandt Avenue. His play area is a vacant lot behind an abandoned building.
A boy rests on his bicycle while waiting at the Bronx County Building near Macombs Dam . This young boy died in a social club fire the following week. He was only fourteen years of age.
The back of the postcard gives the history of the Empire State Building site:, "In 1799 a man named Thompson owned a farm at what is now Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street, New York City. He later sold it and in 1827 the Astor Mansions were...
The back of the postcard has a description, "The Empire State Building, the tallest in the world: 1248 feet from sidewalk to tip of mooring mast. Equal to 102 stories: 85 stories of office space, 62 express elevators; houses twenty thousand people...
The back of the postcard has a note written to Miss Laura M. Horton of Albany, Oregon, "Had Marlene and Debbie over here today. Dottie is sick, so Lillian stayed home with her. It is sure windy up here today and really cool. Hope you arrive home...
The back of the postcard has a message addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hilton of Tiffin, Ohio, "Am taking a mid-winter vacation here in New York and having a fine time." It is signed Leone Hines.
There is a personal note written to William Vincent Murray of Belgrade Lakes, Maine, "How did you like the cruise, dear? I am sure you had a good time. I have sent you some films for your camera." It is signed, "With usual love, Pat."
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
Loan receipt compiled by the Fogg Art Museum Registrar to the Whitney Studio Club, April 12, 1928. Document is nine pages. Each page is signed by the Registrar. Includes a catalog number and description for 42 artworks received.
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".
