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Bible Records Books/Lookups Cemeteries Census/Directories Churches FHL Holdings Forums Genealogies History and geography Immigration Legal records Message Boards Military Newspapers Obituaries Organizations Photo tour Sailor's Snug Harbor Schools Search Site Info Site map Slaves Surnames Vitals Info: B, M, D	Clicking on some photos may show it as a larger image. Please, send us your photos. Postcard scan provided by Doris Lane . "Actor's Home, West Brighton, Staten Island." Postcard No. 7697 of The National News Company, New York, Leipzig, Dresden. PolyChrome. Printed in Germany. Mailed 1907 in Jersey City to 87 Dwight Street, Jersey City, N.J. Pearl, from Bill Staples Alice, from Janet Daniel Blake, from Janet Postcard scan provided by Doris Lane . "Actors Fund Home, West Brighton, S.I." Postcard No. 1333 of H. Ebertz & Co., Stapleton, S.I. Mailed 1914 from New York, N.Y. to Mount Hope, N.Y. Postcard scan provided by Doris Lane . "Governor's Residence, Sailors' Snug Harbor, S.I." Postcard No. 204,297 of The Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City. Printed in the United States. Circa 1905. Postcard scan provided by Doris Lane . "Pass to the Cemetery, Sailors' Snug Harbor, S.I." Postcard No. 204,300 of The Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co., Ltd., New York. Printed in Great Britain. Photo by Clegg. Circa 1905. Postcard scan provided by Doris Lane . "The Sanitorium, Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island, N.Y." Published by W. J. Grimshaw. Mailed 1914 from New Brighton Station to Walkill, N.Y. 10/7/14. We arrived at Walden safely Sunday. Was plenty light enough. Moon was up in good style. Was working near Charlie's this morning on Westervelt Ave. Was only part of a block away, I think. Lester." Postcard scan provided by Doris Lane . "Bird's Eye View of Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y." Postcard No. 202,889 of The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co., Ltd., New York. Printed in Great Britain. Mailed from New Brighton, N.Y., St. George Station July 15, 1910 to Germany. "St. George, S.I. 7/14/10. Dear Friend: Pardon me for not having sent the promised letter as yet. Have been busy moving to the country, from where I reach Sonneborn's in about 20 minutes by boat. It is fine over here, no City troubles & a quiet private life. Hope to be able to write soon more detailed. Kindly direct your letters until further notice to 222 Tompkins Ave., St. George, S.I., N.Y., U.S.A. With best regards, yours as be4." Postcard scan provided by Doris Lane . Bird's Eye View, Stapleton, S.I." Published by H. Ebertz. Mailed from Rosebank August 6, 1915 to the Bronx. "Dear Charles; I received your letter this evening and was glad to hear from you and that you are all well. We have terribble weather over here, every day raining. Not many Campers here this year. It is too cold....C. Siebert." Postcard scan provided by Doris Lane . "S.I. Ferryboat 'Brooklyn'" - Postcard No. 55833 of The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City. Printed in Germany. Circa 1915. Postcard scan provided by janet Janet . This is likely the Britton Ice House, when the Britton family ran the ice industry in Staten Island. Postcard: 31K. Photo provided by Bill Staples billstaples at compuserve dot com. His description: Picture was taken at 27 New Street in Port Richmond.Man on left is my uncle, Charles E Holmes. Man on right is my grandfather'sbrother, William A Holmes, Jr. Girl on left is my mother, Margaret (Holmes)Staples. Girl in center is my aunt, Charlotte W Holmes. Woman on right ismy grandmother Pearl M (Elms) Holmes. My best guess at time of picture is1918-1922. My aunt was born in 1910, she looks to be about 10 years old inthe picture. Photo: 41K. This original color chromolithographed engaving View of the Quarantine Grounds and Building, Staten Island, May, 1858 was published by D.T. Valentine for his manual in 1859. The lithography was done by George Hayward. The only color, as you can see, is in the griege background in the sky. The original docks are standing and the buildings look quite grand. A steamboat ferry is pulling into a dock at the left. Engraving: 51K. Photo provided by Bill Staples billstaples at compuserve dot com">billstaples at compuserve dot com. His description: I have been trying to identify this car for a year with no success. Anyway, I believe the scene is at the corner of Bement Ave and Castleton Ave. It is probably on June 14th 1919. The license plate is 1919. The annual Flag Day Parade was sponsored by, I believe, an organization called the Daughters of America. I don't know if they still exist. Their meeting room was on Albion Place in Port Richmond. My grandmother was an officer for many years. She is sitting behind the driver in the picture. I have no idea who the other people are. I suspect the picture may have been an Advance photo. I sent a copy of the picture to Mike Azzaro last year, thinking he might be interested and might be able to identify the car and the people, if it is in their archives. I never heard from him. The car is probably a few years older than the picture, as I understand that by 1919 the gas lights (headlights) had been replaced with electric ones, and these are still the gas powered ones.Photo: 23K Photo provided by Bill Staples billstaples at compuserve dot com. His description: A parade on Staten Island. I don't know where it is. The truck was being used as a float. It belonged to my granfather John W Staples (J.W. Staples and Son of Bond Street Port Richmond). The man sitting in the truck is my father William C. Staples. Time is probably in the early 20's.Photo: 27K Postcard provided by Janet . Voorleezer's House: Earliest known elementary schoolhouse still standing in the United States built c. 1696. Postcard: 17K Postcard provided by Janet . The Third Courthouse, Richmondtown. Fine example of Greek Revival architecture. Built 1837. Postcard: 17K The Picture on the left was taken by Tom. The postcard scan on the right was provided by Janet . Conference House, Hylan Blvd. where Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Edward Rutledge met in parley with Lord Howe and Sir Henry Strackey in a vain attempt to end the Revolution by negotiation. Postcard: 20K Postcard provided by Janet . The basement of the Conference House, showing the large conference table (which is still used by the Officers and Directors of the Conference House for their meetings), the old Dutch tile floor and the tunnel which was used as an emergency escape route to the Raritan River. Postcard: 15K Postcard provided by Doris. Postcard: 23K Card scans provided by Doris Lane . Advertising card of Barrett, Nephews & Co. Old Staten Island Dyeing Establishment, 334 Canal Street, New York. Established 1819 as the New York Dyeing & Printing Establishment, the plant of the Old Staten Island Dyeing Establishment was located in Castleton, Staten Island, along Broadway, in what is now West Brighton, but in the 19th century was known as Factoryville. In 1850 Col. Nathan Barrett left this company to form Barrett, Nephews & Co. on Cherry Lane (Forest Avenue) near Jewett Avenue where he built a new works on 8 acres. The Cherry Lane location is now the Forest Avenue Shopping Plaza. The Broadway location is now a public park. The second plant, as we see from the card, was also known as the "Old Staten Island Dyeing Establishment." A post card of the Lighthouse Hill Lighthouse - it is postmarked 19-JUL-1912. Card scan provided by Andrew Schmitt. This image is 20K Pre 1950's picture of the New Dorp area train station and tracks throught New Dorp's Business District. This image is 30k. This is an arial view of New Brighton (or taken from some tall building) c.1900 This image is 27k. Terra Marine Inn, Huguenot Park in 1912 This image is 33k. This b/w postcard was published by Ferdinand Thoele, Jersey City, NJ, #148. c.1905 captioned MARTLINGS FALLS, RICHMOND BOROUGH, STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. This was taken from inside Clove Lakes Park. This image is 99k. Sailors Snug Harbors Sanitarium This image is 79k. Richmond Ave. of Port Richmond in the 1920's. Parts of th trolly tracks may still be in the road today. Also notice the theater. This image is 51k. This postcard is a view the Corn Exchange Bank, New Court House and Borough Hall as captioned. This image is 34k. This postcard postmarked 1914 bears the caption "REAR VIEW OF BOROUGH HALL, ST. GEORGE, STATEN ISLAND, N.Y." It was published by John Voigt Post Card Co This image is 91k. Captioned the following: Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto os St. Sylvesters Church in Concord, SI, NY. Rev. B. H. Clark Rector. This image is 48k. This Port Richmond gas station was owned by Edward Mulligan, great great grandfather of submitter Rob Tomson. Thank you, Rob! The full image is 255k. The Church of the Ascension was destroyed by a fire in 1946. The building on the right is still standing and is currently occupied by Rogers Surveying. This image is 61k.
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