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"Angelo" and another boy visiting the dental clinic at Tompkins Square Building [i.e. Harriman Clubhouse], Lower East Side, New York City.

The collection contains 403 photographic negatives produced circa 1920-1980 (bulk 1920-1950) by commercial photographers on behalf of The Boys' Club of New York ("BCNY"). The majority depict young BCNY members engaged in a variety of activities, either at the club's Tompkins Square Building (later renamed Harriman Clubhouse) or at the William Carey Camp in Jamesport, New York. Many of the photographs were published in annual reports, where they served to promote the organization's work.
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"Angelo" in the dental clinic at Tompkins Square Building [i.e. Harriman Clubhouse], Lower East Side, New York City.

The collection contains 403 photographic negatives produced circa 1920-1980 (bulk 1920-1950) by commercial photographers on behalf of The Boys' Club of New York ("BCNY"). The majority depict young BCNY members engaged in a variety of activities, either at the club's Tompkins Square Building (later renamed Harriman Clubhouse) or at the William Carey Camp in Jamesport, New York. Many of the photographs were published in annual reports, where they served to promote the organization's work.
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"Angelo" receiving medical examination at Tompkins Square Building [i.e. Harriman Clubhouse], Lower East Side, New York City.

The collection contains 403 photographic negatives produced circa 1920-1980 (bulk 1920-1950) by commercial photographers on behalf of The Boys' Club of New York ("BCNY"). The majority depict young BCNY members engaged in a variety of activities, either at the club's Tompkins Square Building (later renamed Harriman Clubhouse) or at the William Carey Camp in Jamesport, New York. Many of the photographs were published in annual reports, where they served to promote the organization's work.
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[A soldier's farewell].

[A soldier's farewell].

Pictorial Envelope: 1 envelope; 3 x 5 1/2 in. Soldier bidding goodbye to woman dressed in stars and stripes. In background, woman and children waving to leaving soldiers. White envelope with colored ink. Image on left. Printed above image: 'Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by CUTTER, TOWER & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.'
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[Bill Murray with a humorous face painted on his stomach, circa 1977-1980].

[Bill Murray with a humorous face painted on his stomach, circa 1977-1980].

This collection includes 96 black and white photographic prints and one color print. The photographs are undated but were taken circa 1970's. Almost all of the images depict the area in or around Times Square; a few were taken in Central Park or elsewhere in New York City. The photographs are arranged by subject matter. "Street scenes" depict crowds and businesses in and around Times Square, and capture the seedy melange of pornographic movie house marquees, sex shops and eccentric characters that characterized the area in the 1970's.
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[Boys jumping into the Harlem River with the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad Bridge in the background, 1950].

[Boys jumping into the Harlem River with the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad Bridge in the background, 1950].

Collection consists of 25 gelatin silver photographic prints, 11 x 14 inches, by photographer Harold Roth and capturing New York street life between 1937 and 1950.Photographs in this collection show Roth's attention to light and composition, and range from a group of children playing in the spray of an open fire hydrant in the waning sunlight to a view of foot traffic in Madison Square Park against the hazy backdrop of the Flatiron Building.
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[Child sitting outside a building entrance, El Barrio, Harlem, New York City, 1960s].

[Child sitting outside a building entrance, El Barrio, Harlem, New York City, 1960s].

The Erika Stone Photograph Collection spans the period from the 1940s to the 1990s and primarily contains images of street life in New York City. The collection includes images of Central Park, Ellis Island, parades, demonstrations and people at work.
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[Deposition of John Champneys]

Two-page deposition of John Champneys describing the circumstances surrounding charges of financial support for William Binnie [Junior], the "Negro wench Jenny" and her children. Champneys purchased Jenny at "St. Augustine's when the whole property of Wm. [William] Binnie the Elder was sold" by John Martin. He subsequently gave Jenny to the infant son, William Binnie [Junior], by deed of gift. He objects to monetary charges placed against him by Mr.
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A new touch on the times. : Well adapted to the distressing situation of every sea-port town. / By a daughter of liberty, living in Marblehead.

Verse of eighty-four lines- describing the severe shortages and economic conditions which existed in Marblehead and other coastal towns between 1776 and 1780; first line: Our best beloved they are gone. Author from final couplet: Molly Gutridge composition ... "Probably printed by Ezekiel Russell ..."--Tapley. Salem imprints- p. 333. One of the cuts illustrating this broadside poem was also included in the Downfall of justice (Evans 14740) printed by Russell in 1776. Dated [1778] by Tapley- [1779] by Ford- and [1779?] by Bristol. In 1779 Russell was printing at Danvers- Mass.
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A new touch on the times. : Well adapted to the distressing situation of every sea-port town. / By a daughter of liberty, living in Marblehead.

Verse of eighty-four lines- describing the severe shortages and economic conditions which existed in Marblehead and other coastal towns between 1776 and 1780; first line: Our best beloved they are gone. Author from final couplet: Molly Gutridge composition ... "Probably printed by Ezekiel Russell ..."--Tapley. Salem imprints- p. 333. One of the cuts illustrating this broadside poem was also included in the Downfall of justice (Evans 14740) printed by Russell in 1776. Dated [1778] by Tapley- [1779] by Ford- and [1779?] by Bristol. In 1779 Russell was printing at Danvers- Mass.
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