Richman, Jeffrey I. Collection of Magic Lantern Slides, 1866-1953 | Historical Collections

By Fiora Watts, Pratt School of Information Intern

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Collection Overview

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Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Aerial Views

Bird’s-eye views of Manhattan, looking down on lower and upper Manhattan, Fifth Avenue, skyscrapers, Hudson River and Central Park. This series is located in Box 1.

Series 2: Battery Park

The Battery and Castle Garden, Barge Office, Battery Park and lower Manhattan Skyline, and buildings at Battery Park. This series is located in Box 1.

Series 3: Bowling Green

Street scenes and Custom House. This series is located in Box 1.

Series 4: Bridges

George Washington Bridge, Queensborough Bridge under construction, traffic moving across unidentified bridge. This series is located in Box 1.

Sub-Series 1: Brooklyn Bridge

Eleven slides of the Brooklyn Bridge from different viewpoints

Series 5: Broadway

Various views of Broadway looking north and south, from the Post Office, from the Western Union Telegraph Building and other vantage points, with a strong focus on Lower Broadway. This series is located in Box 1.

Series 6: Buildings

Various landmark buildings including the Empire State Building, Woolworth Tower, Flatiron, Singer Building, Post Office, The Herald Building, The New York Sun, an early apartment house, and others. This series is located in Box 2.

Sub-Series 1: Flatiron Building

Sub-Series 2: Building Interiors

Bowery lodging house, newsboys home, Hall of Records and others

Series 7: Central Park

The Mall, Bethesda Fountain, families boating on the lake, the Terrace, and other views. This series is located in Box 3.

Series 8: Charts

Pan American weather and navigational charts, 1872 elevated railroad timetable, and others. This series is located in Box 3.

Series 9: Children

Children in Thompson’s Alley and Mulberry Bend, children on a playground, groups of children playing and exercising on the Lower East Side. This series is located in Box 3.

Series 10: Churches/Temples

St. John the Divine, Grace Church, Little Church around the Corner, St. Paul’s, and a sub-section including images of St. Patrick’s. This series is located in Boxes 3 and 4.

Sub-Series 1: St. Patrick's Cathedral

Various views of St. Patrick's Cathedral

Series 11: City Hall

Various views of City Hall and surrounding street scenes. This series is located in Box 4.

Sub-Series 1: City Hall Area

Register’s Office, County Court House, Park Row, various street scenes

Series 12: Columbus Circle

Views of 8^th Avenue and Broadway, street scenes showing businesses and transportation. This series is located in Box 4.

Series 13: Coney Island

People along the boardwalk, children and crowds on the beach. This series is located in Box 4.

Series 14: Construction

A large group of images of various construction projects, from miscellaneous street and other construction, to subway and Pennsylvania Railway tunnel construction showing workmen inside tunnels. Many are untitled, with dates and whereabouts unknown. This series is located in Boxes 4 and 5.

Series 15: Cultural Institutions

Lenox Library, Five Points Mission House, Educational Alliance, New York Historical Society, Custom House and others. This series is located in Box 5.

Series 16: Currier & Ives

Slides related to Currier & Ives and their work. This series is located in Box 5.

Series 17: Dockside

New York steamers dockside, ships and boats docked, shipping along East and Hudson Rivers. This series is located in Box 5.

Series 18: Early Prints

Drawings, illustrations and paintings related to images of old New York and well-known historic sites. This series is located in Box 6.

Series 19: Early Street Views

Contains several of the earliest slides in the collection including Madison Ave circa 1870; John Jacob Astor House, circa 1886. This series is located in Box 6.

Series 20: Elevated Railroad

Bowery looking north, views from the Second Avenue Elevated, entrances and street scenes showing the Elevated Railroad

Series 21: Ellis Island

Jewish Immigrants, immigrant station, and views of Ellis Island. This series is located in Box 6.

Series 22: Ellis Island

Jewish Immigrants, immigrant station, and views of Ellis Island. This series is located in Box 6.

Series 23: Famous People

Portraits of Peter Stuyvesant, Samuel Clemens, Matthew Brady, Theodore Roosevelt, and others. This series is located in Box 6.

Series 24: Fifth Avenue

Street scenes from various vantage points. This series is located in Box 6.

Series 25: Fires/Disasters

Windsor Hotel Fire, ruins of a Broadway fire, and Union Square fire scene. This series is located in Box 7.

Series 26: Grand Central Station

Multiple views of the waiting room at Vanderbilt Avenue and 42^nd Street, offices, Grand Concourse, and crowds, Grand Central Terminal. Grand Central Depot (early name) is a sub-series. This seies is located in Box 7.

Sub-Series 1: Grand Central Depot

Four slides depicting Grand Central Depot.

Series 27: Grant's Tomb

Several slides depicting Grant’s Tomb, including two color images, as well as two slides of the Tomb of the Amiable Child. This series is located in Box 7.

Series 28: Harbor Views

Governor’s Island, D & T Narrows and Brooklyn Ferry Boat. This series can be found in Box 7.

Series 29: Herald Square

Street scenes of Herald Square showing transportation and notable signage. This series can be found in Box 7.

Series 30: Historic Houses

Several early houses relevant to New York's history, including the Dyckman Farm House, Daniel Parish House, and Tiffany Residence. This series is located in Box 7.

Series 31: Hospitals

Presbyterian Hospital and two views of Bellevue, one interior and one exterior. This series is located in Box 8.

Series 32: Hotels

Five slides of the Waldorf Astoria, one slide each of the Plaza, 5^th Avenue Hotel and the Windsor Hotel. This series is located in Box 8.

Series 33: Madison Square Park Area

Several slides featuring street views of Madison Square Park and surrounding area. This series is located in Box 8.

Series 34: Maps

Several slides depicting a map of Ferry Village, Fort Washington section of Manhattan, Broadway and others. This series is located in Box 8.

Series 35: Markers

Seals of the City and other historic markers. This series is located in Box 8.

Series 36: Markets

The Produce Exchange and views of West Street market. This series is located in Box 8.

Series 37: Miscellaneous

A large series containing slides not focused on New York City. Images of miscellaneous artwork, health-related imagery, portraits of nurses, imagery related to the Civil War, and slides depicting scenes outside of New York City and State. This series is located in Boxes 12 and 13.

Sub-Series 1: Artwork

Slides depicting miscellaneous works of art, many related to medicine and health.

Sub-Series 2: Civil War

Several slides depicting imagery related to the Civil War, mainly medical-related

Sub-Series 3: New York State

Images of the Capitol in Albany, Oyster Bay, Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh on the Hudson and others.

Sub-Series 4: Nurses/Groups

Various group portraits of nurses.

Sub-Series 5: Nurses/Portraits

Various portraits of nurses including six slides of Florence Nightingale.

Sub-Series 6: Outside New York State

Images made in various other states such as New Jersey, Colorado, New Mexico and Washington.

Sub-Series 7: Outside USA

Ten slides of Jerusalem and one slide of Paris depicting the Grand Opera House.

Series 38: Monuments

Washington Memorial Arch, Victory Arch, Brooklyn, Maryland Monument and others. This series is located in Box 8.

Series 39: Museums

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of the City of New York, the American Museum of Natural History and others. This series is located in Boxes 8 and 9.

Sub-Series 1: Museum-related objects and images

Objects and imagery including prints and paintings from various New York museums.

Series 40: Panoramas

Views of Manhattan skyscrapers from the Brooklyn Bridge, panoramas of Fifth avenue, lower Manhattan, and panoramic views looking north and south over the city. This series is located in Box 9.

Series 41: Parades

Five slides of various parades in Manhattan. One can be dated to 1889 by a decorative banner. This series is located in Box 9.

Series 42: Park Row

Three slides of Park Row. This series is located in Box 9.

Series 43: Pennsylvania Station

Several slides of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station interiors and exteriors. This series is located in Box 9.

Series 44: People

Various slides of people including men from the Department of Health in a fish market, people boating, street cleaners, families at the beach and immigrants on a ship. This series is located in Box 9.

Series 45: Post Office

Three slides showing the exterior of the post office. This series is located in Box 9.

Series 46: Rivers

Depicts the Hudson River, East River, Harlem River and two unidentified views, divided into 3 sub-series. This series is located in Box 9.

Sub-Series 1: East River

Four slides of the East River.

Sub-Series 2: Hudson River

Three slides of the Hudson River.

Sub-Series 3: Other

One slide of the Harlem River and 2 miscellaneous views.

Series 47: Schools/Colleges

Includes images mainly of Columbia University and New York University, as well as several high schools and one grammar school. This series is located in Boxes 9 and 10.

Series 48: Skylines

Views of the city skyline including the East River, Hudson River and lower Manhattan. This series is located in Box 10.

Series 49: Statue of Liberty

Four slides of the Statue of Liberty. This series is located in Box 10.

Series 50: Statues

Various images of statues including Ben Franklin at Printing House Square, Nathan Hale, and the "Indian Hunter" statue on the Central Park Mall. This series is located in Box 10.

Series 51: Stores

Stores including Stewart's and a diorama of F.W. Woolworth's. This series is located in Box 10.

Series 52: Street Scenes

Various street views from different locales, both identified and not identified. This series is located in Box 10.

Series 53: Times Square

Views of Times Square. This series is located in Box 10.

Series 54: Transportation

Different modes of transportation and related imagery, including a sub-series for ships/ferries. This series is located in Box 11.

Sub-Series 1: Ships/Ferries

Staten Island Ferry, Brooklyn Ferry, river steamer interior and others.

Series 55: Undeveloped Land

Lenox Farm Building, Cypress Trees at 159th Street. This series is located in Box 11.

Series 56: Union Square

Images of Union Square showing the Domestic Sewing Machine Building and other views. This series is located in Box 11.

Series 57: Wall Street

Various images of Wall Street and surrounding environs, including the Stock Exchange Building. This series is located in Box 11.

Series 58: War

New York City Troops passing under the Arch of Victory, and the forward deck of the U.S.S. New York. This series is located in Box 11.