May 20 1912
Comrade:-
At the Buffalo Conference, Rev. Wm. A. Prosser, 4648 2nd Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., was elected General Secretary, succeeding Rev. Wm. A. Ward, resigned. At the present time he has urgent need of a roster of all members, both of...
3/13/15
Edwin Markham, Esq.,
92 Waters Avenue, West,
New Brighton, N.Y.
My dear Mr. Markham:
I am forwarding you under separate cover a copy of “The Newer Justice” which is published by Ex-Judge McKenzie Cleland, who has practically given over...
December 16, 1912
Mr. Edward Markham,
West New Brighton,
Staten Island,
New York City.
Dear Friend:
Your good letter at hand. I deeply regret that my health will not permit me to visit you and Mrs. Markham in your home. I am obliged to be in the...
November 23, 1914.
Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes,
Caritas Island,
Stamford, Conn.
Dear Little Rose:-
I had no idea when I left New York that I would be back again so soon, but I am just accepting an invitation to address the Twilight Club, 37 East 28th...
Tinted photograph shows aerial view of construction in progress on the Barge Canal at Fort Ann, N. Y. A bridge spans the canal and a number of shabby buildings are on the left bank. Four people [presumably canal workers] are visible on the left...
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...
Commissioners; Report; Construction; Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828; Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839; Young; Samuel; Holley; Myron; Seymour, Henry; New York (State); Erie Canal; Report
A twenty-nine page annual report to the Legislature of the State of New York in reference to the Erie Canal. By the time of the issuance of this report, the middle section of the Erie Canal had been completed so "that large boats have actually...
New York State Legislature; Route; Construction; Excavation; Embankment; Locks; Aqueducts; Contractors; Damages; Shipping; Expenditures; Erie Canal; Commissioners; Champlain Canal; Clinton, Dewitt, 1769-1828; Rensselaer, Stephen Van, 1764-1839;...
Title page of a forty-six page annual report of the canal commissioners communicated to the legislature on January 15, 1819. This report was addressed to the New York State Legislature in obedience to the act entitiled "An act respecting navigable...
Construction in progress for the underpass at the Grand Concourse and Fordham Rd. The traverse road appears completed. Also shows billboard advertising, a horse and wagon, automobiles, double decker buses, stores and apartment buildings with...
Parks; Playgrounds; Street Scenes; Recreation; Wars; Buildings; Highways; Bridges; Organizations; Ethnic Groups
View of the reconstructed and enlarged playground at E. 133rd th St. and Willis Ave. at the Bruckner Blvd. The area was acquired by the the City in 1904 and was controlled by the Dept. of Bridges for access to the Willis Ave. Bridge. The unused...
