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The New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' home. : Bath, New York

Description: Image of an elevated landscape view of the New York State Soldier's and Sailor's Home in Bath, New York, showing five buildings surrounding a center yard, with troops lined up around a fountain, and soldiers raising an American flag up a flag pole, with trees and hills in the background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1881 and 1888
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001038
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Camp Belger, Baltimore, Md

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial view of Camp Belger military camp in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; soldiers from the 114th Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry drilling in long ranks in yard with rows of military camp tents spread out behind in a tree-lined area; American flag on flag pole at center.

priJLC_MIL_000920

Fort Bayard N. M. 1883

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial view of Fort Bayard, New Mexico; buildings are visible arranged around a square central yard lined with trees and a large American flag on a flagpole at its center; stables with horses and horse-drawn vehicles visible at bottom right; soldiers assembled in yard or at various tasks throughout the area.

priJLC_MIL_001272

The great East River Suspension Bridge. : Connecting the cities of New York & Brooklyn - from New York looking south-east

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City showing the New York and Brooklyn Towers, with people lined on the bridge, and a busy dock and boats in the East River; the names of the architect, engineers and related persons printed in lower margin.

priJLC_VIEW_000592

New York, taken from Central Park

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial landscape view of Central Park in New York City showing the Bethesda Terrace, Arch Bridge, Fountain, the Ramble and lake, boats on the water, and the island of Manhattan stretching into the distance.

priJLC_VIEW_000561

The New York elevated railroad : connecting with all the principal steam rail ways and steam ferries

Visual Materials

Image of a poster advertising the New York Elevated Railroad with a central image of an elevated view of a busy street scene in New York City showing a street corner lined with commercial buildings, pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, and elevated sidewalks, tracks, and railroad cars.

priJLC_TRAN_001188

Bitters S. S. Wyckoff & Co. New York

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Image of an advertisement for bitters sold by S. S. Wyckoff & Co. of New York, New York; allegorical woman figure wearing a liberty cap and holding laurel wreaths in each hand at center surrounded by books, ewers, sculpture, sheaves of grain, grapes, and a draped American flag; United States Capitol building in background; United States seal with eagle at bottom center.

priJLC_MED_002616

The New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' home. : Bath, New York

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