Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, was the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange. The street runs through the historical center of the Financial District. The street name was derived from the 17th century when … Continue reading
Groceries 1899 1 chip beef .25 2 cans cocoa .50 1 coffee .20 1 corn .25 1 dish .25 1 pk. flour 1.40 8.5# ham 1.02 11-3/4# ham 1.53 4 lamps complete 1.00 100 meal 1.05 2 maple syrup .24 … Continue reading
Addie Thompson, N.Y.C.,to Mary Ann Austin November 24, 1898 Dear Aunt Mary, …I have had a fearful cold on my lungs and a gathering in my head; have not got over it yet, although I am better, but the weather … Continue reading
In the middle on the left hand side is Saint Anthony’s Church in Yulan. Does anyone know whose house is/was on the right?
There were some stores in Barryville and Eldred, but townsfolk continued to travel to Port Jervis for the household items they needed. John B. Jervis, for whom Port Jervis (Carpenter’s Point) was named, had been the chief engineer of the … Continue reading
A number of letters written to my grandfather Mort Austin or his brothers (in the 1880s through at least 1910) indicated that the Austins and their friends often thought of moving somewhere else to find work to pay their expenses. … Continue reading
The man is standing at the center of Eldred. The view is looking south towards Barryville on Brook Road. At the left is the corner of William Wilson’s grocery store. Next, possibly Abel Myers’ store, the Parker Hotel. In the … Continue reading
Bertha Collins was the granddaughter of the Collins family who originally owned the Collins’ house and who I assume Collins Road in Eldred was named after. (By 1905 my Austin grandparents owned one of the Collins homes—there were two I … Continue reading
In 1891, 250 acres were set aside for a New York Botanical Garden out of the 640 acres acquired for the Bronx Park around 1888. Nathaniel and Elizabeth Britton Lord, whose ideas inspired the park and conservatory, were influenced when … Continue reading
