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State Street, Albany, : 1805

Description: Image of an eye-level street view of State Street in Albany, New York, depicted in the early 19th century, from the top of a hill with two men sawing a log before a storefront with the sign "Chair Manufa[cturer]," a horse-drawn cart, houses, storefronts, and a church, with hills in the distance.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1847 and 1852
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_000690
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Albany - Exchange, & Museum

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Image of an eye-level street view of the corners of Broadway and State Streets in Albany, New York, showing the Exchange Bank on the right-hand corner, a museum on the left-hand corner, and surrounding businesses, with streets bustling with pedestrians, a street market, and horse-drawn carriages.

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These are to certify that Arch. Montieth has been nominated and elected an active member of Albany Engine Co. No. 1

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Image of a firefighter's membership certificate from the Albany Engine Co. No. 1 of Albany, Oregon, made out in manuscript to Archibald Monteith on June 3, 1875, and surrounded by vignettes of firefighters including a firefighter fighting a fire with a fire hose; a firefighter on a ladder rescuing a young girl; a firefighter with a speaking trumpet standing in a street pointing towards a fire; and an eye-level view of a city street with a burning building and ruins with a steam fire engine, hose carriage, firemen, and utility poles in the foreground; the certificate is bordered by images of fire hydrants, ladders, hoses, and preventers.

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Thos. White & Co. : Manufacturers and wholesale dealers in straw goods, silk bonnets, french flowers and millinery goods, no. 41 South Second Street, Philadelphia

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Image of an eye-level view of the Thos. White & Co. five-story building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with storefront showing a bustling street with horse-drawn carts and carriages out front; men, women, and children of various walks of life are part of the street scene, including delivery boys, equestrians, parents, couples, and laborers.

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Albany City Fire Insurance Co

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Image of an advertisement for Albany City Fire Insurance Company of Albany, New York; dozens of firefighters and several fire engines hurry around a corner in the commercial district of Albany towards a large fire blazing along the horizon at left; businesses include "Sprague Bookseller & Stationer," "L. Pruyn & Son Hardware," "Weed & Kingsley Law Office," "Hastings News Depot," "Morse Telegraph Office," "Frothingham's Druggists | Hatter," and "Albany City Fire Insurance Co." at the corner of State Street and Broadway; pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles dodge the firefighters or look on in the busy streets; elaborate frame decorative border with list of directors and officers.

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Broadway New York. : South from the park

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Image of an eye-level street view of Broadway road in New York City showing the American Museum on the right and mid-rise buildings, with some storefront signage, lining the street into the distance, and a busy street scene with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages.

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St. Mary's Church. 1797. : The first Catholic Church in Albany

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Image of an elevated street view of the two-story St. Mary's Church in Albany, New York, depicted in the late 18th century, on a street corner with surrounding buildings, two women walking on the sidewalk, and a fort on the hill in the distance.

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State Street, Albany, : 1805

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