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St. Ann's Church for deaf-mutes

Description: Image of an eye-level view of St. Ann's Church for deaf-mutes located in New York City; parishioners stand or walk in groups outside the front door; lists of former members of the vestry and current rector, wardens, and vestrymen at bottom center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1859-1897
Call number: priJLC_REL_004582
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.

St. Timothys church & hall

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The floating church of the redeemer, Philadelphia

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Image of an eye-level street view of the Church of the Redeemer church boat, floating on the Delaware River, with parishioners walking on the deck, and the port and city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the distance; a flag marked "Church of the Redeemer" flies from the building's spire.

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of boats on the Detroit River, including one steamboat named "Walk-In-the-Water," with people sitting on the shore and the city of Detroit, Michigan, in the far distance.

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Dobrodziejowi Kosciola Matki Boskiej Pocieszenia w Mount Carmel, Pa

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Image of an eye-level exterior view of the Church of Our Lady of Consolation in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania; pedestrians visible outside church.

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The old brewery at the Five Points N.Y. : As it appeared Decr. 1st 1852 previous to its being torn down by the Ladies Home Missionary Socy. of the M. E. Church

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Image of an eye-level street view of the dilapidated Old Brewery building and surrounding stores and tenements in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City, with people standing outside and in the streets, and laundry hung on lines out windows to dry.

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Single and double hand alphabet

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Image of a chart of the single- and double-handed alphabet in sign language as used in the United States in the 19th century with accompanying text; bust-length portraits of the Abbe de L'Epee and Miss Laura Bridgeman at top left and right; eye-level view of the "Institution for the Deaf and Dumb" on the east side of the Hudson River in New York at center.

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St. Ann's Church for deaf-mutes

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