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Glass Slide of a Comic Cartoon

Description: A glass slide showing a cartoon of two young boys in a homemade wooden tank trying to push over a small tree. The caption is "What's teh use of having a tank if you can't push over trees and things the way a regular one does?" The cartoon was drawn by Fontaine Fox and has the following copyright: "Copyrighted. Reproduced by permission of the Wheeler Syndicate." The slide frame reads, "Community Motion Picture Bureau, NY."
Date: [1882..1929]
Creator: Fox, Fontaine Talbot

Map of the City of New York, Prepared Especially for the World Almanac, 1891.

Description: Map of New York City, covering all of Manhattan and much of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx (Morrisania) as well as adjacent parts of New Jersey. Ferry lines, streets, boroughs, community districts, and neighborhoods are also labeled. The map includes a red overprint of four Manhattan Elevated Railway lines in Manhattan and the Bronx. The sides and back of the map also include extensive directories of churches, financial institutions, insurance companies, and public officials collected January … more
Date: 1891

[Note Written on John C. Moore Corporation Receipt]

Description: Note written on a receipt from the John C. Moore Corporation, addressed to Henry Sayles. The back of the receipt has "Henry Sayles" written on it. The front of the receipt reads, "Father, Please send C [K] for 250 40 to cover your port [okeep] balance. H. S. Jr." A shorter note is written in purple ink, "also paid [dineel] [..] 2010 8 [..] 1400."
Date: December 15, 1903
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