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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.

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.

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.

Blue marker on cardboard. Gift of Grace Davie- 2019.

Inscription on verso: "Two children enjoying horse with JUNK CART 4408 [license plate]."

Children play with an open fire hydrant in the street on the Lower East Side.

View of back alley- laundry hanging on lines across it- men standing in overcoats next to horse-drawn carriage- children in lower left of frame.

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.'

Man with white mustache and pipe on horseback in foreground; line of men- boys- African Americans along a building (store?) in background.

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.

Bill of sale for "a Negro slave named Susannah and her children named Jacob and Henry" from Jeremiah Holt of Orange County, North Carolina to Archibald D. Murphy.

Birth certificate of Sarah, born February 17, 1804, and Bet, born July 17, 1802, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Sarah' belonging to New York City merchant Thomas Arden.

Birth certificate of Harriet and Souset, born July 17, 1803, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Phoebe belonging to widow Catharine Hook of New York City.

Birth certificate of John and Henry, born January 10, 1811, to a 'Negro Woman Slave named Mande' belonging to New York City shipwright Richard Platt.

Birth certificate of William and George, born December 26, 1806, to a 'Mulatto Woman Slave named Susan' belonging to widow Jemima Stout of New York City.

Birth certificate of Jack, aged three years and five months, and Kitty, aged nine months, transferred in ownership from Isaac Butler of Westfield, New York, to Sampson Simson.

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.

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.

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.