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7. The Japanese Embassy in New York.

Troop of Cavalry passing the St. Nicholas on the way to meet the Embassy, June 16, 1860. Label on verso “From James W. Queen & Co., Opticians, Philadelphia.”

7. Home for the Friendless.

Children in School.

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Dec. 21, 1925. Steel arch bridge over the New York Central tracks and forming the eastern approach to the Poughkeepsie vehicular bridge. John in the foreground.

A7.

Les Cuisines de Satan.

7. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.

The North Dutch Church. Interior View-The Organ and Choir from the North Gallery.

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Battery and Castle Garden, with Jersey City in the Distance.

8. The Japanese Embassy in New York.

The Artillery begin to arrive on the Battery, prior to the approach of the steamer, conveying the Embassy, June 16, 1860.

8. Home for the Friendless.

Children in Chapel.

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May 2, 1926. Building the Poughkeepsie Highway Bridge looking West across Front Street to the foundations and timber work over anchorages.

A8.

Marriage de Satan.

8. Home for the Friendless.

Children in Chapel.

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Island in the Lake, Central Park.

8. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.

Entrance to the Consistory Rooms. In which the Business-men’s Prayer Meeting is held.

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Steamtug Towing a Schooner to Sea.

9. The Japanese Embassy in New York.

Groups begin to gather around the artillery on the Battery, prior to the arrival of the Embassy, June 16, 1860. Label on verso “From James W. Queen & Co., Opticians, Philadelphia.”

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May 2, 1926. Building the Poughkeepsie Highway Bridge. On the extreme right the incline timbers are for the cableway leading into the cable anchorages 100 feet deep. At the foot of the railway track is a pile of “I” bars and at the extreme left a pile of finished steel pins for fastening the “I” bar chain together the hole to be buried in concrete in the anchorage holes for cable anchorages.

9. Home for the Friendless.

Children on Gallery-Anniversary.

9. Home for the Friendless.

Children on Gallery-Anniversary.

A9.

Les Femmes de Satan au Bain.

9. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.

The First Half Hour.

9. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.

The First Half Hour.

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Group of Vessels Under Sail.

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View from the Battery.

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The Pond, Central Park.

10. The Japanese Embassy in New York.

Groups gathering on the Battery prior to the arrival of the Embassy, June 16, 1860.

A10.

Les Odalisques de Satan.

10. The Japanese Embassy in New York.

Groups gathering on the Battery prior to the arrival of the Embassy, June 16, 1860.

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May 2, 1926. Building the Poughkeepsie Highway Bridge looking East toward Union Square. The steel work in the foreground is over South Water Street and further on the arch span over the New York Central Railroad.

10. Home for the Friendless.

Children at Dinner-Thanksgiving.

10. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.

The Middle Lecture Room.

10. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.

The Middle Lecture Room.

11. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.

The Book of Requests.

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New-York from Brooklyn Heights.

11. The Japanese Embassy in New York.

The guns are placed in position, to salute the Embassy. Picturesque groups gathers around them, June 16, 1860.

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June 19, 1926. Looking East across the Hudson from the location of the western anchorages of the Highway Bridge toward the eastern anchorages, which may be seen at the top of the hill at the right of the Standard Oil tanks.

11. Home for the Friendless.

Playground Scene.

11. Home for the Friendless.

Playground Scene.

A11.

Revue de la Garde Infernale.

12. Fulton Street Prayer Meeting.

The Envelopes.

 

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New-York from Brooklyn Heights.

12. The Japanese Embassy in New York.

The crowd are dispersed from around the guns previous to firing the salute, June 16, 1860. (The gathering of heavy clouds prevented any further instantaneous operation on the day of the arrival.)

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July 24, 1926. Building the Poughkeepsie approach to the Highway Bridge, putting the granite blocks in place. The inclined wood structures are at the entrance to the cable anchorage tunnels.

12. Home for the Friendless.

Advocate & Guardian Printing.

12. Home for the Friendless.

Advocate & Guardian Printing.

A12.

Fonderies de Satan.

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New-York from Brooklyn Heights.

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New-York from Brooklyn Heights.

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The Rampart of the Bow Bridge, with its Vases of Flowers, Central Park.

13. The Japanese Embassy in New York.

The populace begin to gather before the Metropolitan Hotel to see the Embassy set out under the escort of the Seventh Regiment, to visit the Governor and the Mayor at the City Hall. The Hotel is decorated with 300 flags, alternate American and Japanese, June 18, 1860.

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July 24, 1926. Building the Poughkeepsie approach to the Highway Bridge. In the foreground are the steel “I” bars to which will be connected one of the steel cables. Beyond the first tier of masonry is the steel structure over Front Street.