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Title: 'The Hub'
Description: Air view of 'The Hub' at 149th Street & Third Ave. looking east and showing trolley cars and the elevated subway.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_149th_third_ave_3.jpg

Title: 138th St. & Third Ave.
Description: Bronx County Trust Co.'s Mott Haven Office at 137th St. between Lincoln & Third Ave. The Bronx Board of Trade had offices in this building. The upper floors were used by the All Ireland Ballrooms for Irish dancing. In the foreground is the Charles Keck's Spanish War Memorial; and the canon near the monument acknowledges the 'guns silenced' and the loss of local soldiers killed in World War I. The wires crossing the top of the monument would spark when street cars passed.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_138th_third_ave_2.jpg

Title: 139th St. & Third Ave.
Description: Looking south from Graham Square at 139th St. & Third Ave. to the Bronx County Trust Co. building. On the left, at 138th St. & Third Ave., is the Bronx Local Board #2 World War Memorial. This was sculpted by the Menconi Brothers. In the distance is the clock tower of the Estey Piano Co. fronting on Lincoln Ave.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_138th_third_ave_1.jpg

Title: 149th St. & Courtlandt Ave.
Description: 149th St. from Courtlandt Ave. looking toward Third Ave. and the El. The Busher Building is on the left, and Hearns Department Store is beyond the Third Ave. El. Note also billboards.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_149th_courtlandt.jpg

Title: 149th St., Melrose Ave. & Third Ave.
Description: Melrose Ave. looking at the intersection of Melrose and Third Avenues and showing automobiles, buses, taxis and the Third Ave. El. The subway station is for the #2 and #5 lines.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: street_149th_third_ave_2.jpg

Title: 15th anniversary of Bronx Office Of First Federal Savings And Loan Association
Description: Bronx office of bank at 1375 Jerome Ave. at 170th St. Since opening in 1937, the Bronx office has opened 38,000 new accounts and holds over $18 million in savings.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: first_federal_savings_loan_1.jpg

Title: A Boat Of My Own
Description: View inside Riverdale Country School for Boys, on Fieldston Road. A student is shown with the model yacht he created and which won him a first prize in a hobby competition. John F. Kennedy completed the 4th - 6th grades at this school.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: schools_riverdale_country_for_boys.jpg

Title: A Day At The Game
Description: Exterior view of Yankee Stadium as crowd leaves. Surface Transportation System buses are lined up for passengers. Also includes a large ad for Coca-Cola.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: recreation_sports_baseball_4.jpg

Title: A Parkchester Apartment.
Description: View of a furnished living room in a Parkchester apartment.
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: housing_parchester.jpg

Title: Acralite Co., Inc.
Description: Inside the Acrylite Co. at 315 E. 137th St. Note open windows and fans indicating no air conditioning.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_acrylite_products.jpg

Title: Aerial View of the New York Botanical Garden
Description: Aerial view of the grounds of the New York Botanical Garden, the Bedford Park and Norwood neighborhoods. Also seen is the 52nd Police Precinct, the grounds of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, and a Third Ave. El station at Bedford Park Blvd.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Park_Botanical_Garden_1.jpg

Title: African Plains Animals
Description: African animals at the Bronx Zoo in their barless enclosure. Chandler's mountain reedbucks, rush bucks, nyalas and other animals roam this moated area while the lions look out from their rock island. (The New York Zoological Society was renamed the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1993.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: park_bronx_zoo_7.jpg

Title: Alexander's
Description: Uptown it's Alexander's store on Third Ave.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: stores_alexanders_third_ave.jpg

Title: All Hallows H.S.
Description: All Hallows H.S. at 111 E. 164th St and Walton Ave. P. Gregory Stadler, Architect.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: schools_All_hallows_1.jpg

Title: Altro Work Shops
Description: Altro building at 1021 Jennings St. & Boone Ave.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_altro_work_shop.jpg

Title: American Trust Co.
Description: Exterior view of the American Trust Co. at 301 E. Fordham Rd. near Kingsbridge Rd.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: American_trust_company_1.jpg

Title: American Trust Co.
Description: Interior view of the American Trust Co. at 301 E. Fordham Rd. near Kingsbridge Rd. Note art deco details for the ceiling and floor.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: American_trust_company_2.jpg

Title: Around The Bases
Description: Interior view of Yankee Stadium during a game. Note 'New York Yankees World Champions.' This game was probably held on an 'Old Timers Day.'
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: recreation_sports_baseball_2.jpg

Title: Art Steel Co.
Description: Demonstrating safety procedures on equipment inside the company at 141st St. & Willis Ave. (now the site of the Mott Haven Houses). The company specialized in steel file cabinets and other office equipment.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_art_steel.jpg

Title: Atlas Supply Co., Inc.
Description: Company dealing in sheet metals, copper, zinc, stainless steel and roofing materials, and operating at 2960 Webster Ave. and 201st St.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_atlas_supply_co.jpg

Title: Automobile Warehouses, Inc.
Description: Located at Kingsbridge Ave. & W. 230th St., Automobile Warehouses, Inc. serviced up to 4,000 new cars which came in monthly before being sent to dealers and customers. The boundary line of the Bronx and Manhattan ran through the parking lot in the Marble Hill area.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_automobile_warehouse_kingsbridge.jpg

Title: Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Description: First anniversary of the bank's opening at 2923 Third Ave.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: banco_popular_de_Puerto_rico_1.jpg

Title: Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Description: Group photo of staff on the bank's first anniversary.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: banco_popular_de_Puerto_rico_2.jpg

Title: Bankers Donate To Blood Drive
Description: Employees of Bronx County Trust Co. enjoy a snack after donating blood to the Bronx Red Cross Program.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: organizations_red_cross_14.jpg

Title: Bankers Trust Co.
Description: Exterior view of Bankers Trust Co. at Bruckner Plaza, 880 White Plains Rd. in the Soundview area.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: bankers_trust_1.jpg

Title: Bankers Trust Co.
Description: Interior view of the new Bankers Trust Co. branch at Bruckner Plaza, 880 White Plains Rd., showing customers opening accounts.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: bankers_trust_3.jpg

Title: Barnyard In Zoo
Description: The barnyard in the Zoo's 'farm-in-the-zoo' gives city people a chance to see the source of their meat. (The New York Zoological Society was renamed the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1993.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: park_bronx_zoo_4.jpg

Title: Basketball At The PAL Youth Center
Description: Forty-five basketball teams use the gymnasium at the Lynch PAL (Police Athletic League) Youth Center at 974 E. 156th St. near Beck St. in the Longwood area. Here, a junior team practices for the PAL tournament. The center is named for a policeman who died in the line of duty.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: organizations_police_athletic_league_4.jpg

Title: Bedford Park Academy
Description: Bedford Park Academy at 2488 Grand Concourse. The IND 8th Ave. subway station entrance is on the left.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: schools_Bedford_park_academy.jpg

Title: Borough Hall
Description: Borough Hall at 177th St. & Third Ave. and photographed from the Third Ave. El. Note the trolley's electric lines, appearing to cross the lawn in the foreground.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Old_borough_hall_4.jpg

Title: Borough Hall
Description: View of Borough Hall from Tremont Ave. Note the temporary wooden causeway. Photo was taken before the addition was put onto the building.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Old_borough_hall_3.jpg

Title: Borough Hall
Description: View of festooned Borough Hall facing Third Ave. and probably taken from the Third Ave. El. The Bronx Board of Trade gave prizes every year for the best decorated building for Bronx Borough Day (June 14th). This building was originally constructed as the Municipal Building in 1897 by architect George B. Post. In April, 1968 the building caught fire and was subsequently razed.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Old_borough_hall_1.jpg

Title: Boulder Bridge At The Garden
Description: Stone bridge over the Bronx River in the New York Botanical Garden, built in the early 1900s. (The bridge has been covered over and today connects Allerton Ave. and Mosholu Pkwy.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Park_Botanical_Garden_a21.jpg

Title: Bowling For Youngsters
Description: A WOR radio broadcast discussing the efforts of the Bronx County Civic Assn. in sponsoring and subsidizing the cost of bowling so that young adults in the Bronx could enjoy this activity.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: organizations_bronx_civic_assosiation.jpg

Title: Boy Scouts Display At Bank
Description: Boy Scouts of Troop 260, which meets at Church of the Visitation, displays camping equipment in the Main Office lobby of the North Side Saving Bank at 231st St.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: North_savings_bank_a13.jpg

Title: Boy Scouts Visit The Garden
Description: Boy scouts decked out in their uniforms take a nature tour of the New York Botanical Garden.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Park_Botanical_Garden_a33.jpg

Title: Bradley-Mahony Coal Corp.
Description: Bradley-Mahony's new anthracite yard at 140th St. & Exterior St. showing a company truck being loaded with coal. Also note bread, laundry, dry cleaning and fur businesses in the surrounding blocks.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_Bradley_coal_corp.jpg

Title: Britain's Crown Jewels
Description: North Side Savings Bank display of exact reproductions of royal regalia kept in Britain's Tower of London.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: North_savings_bank_a15.jpg

Title: Bronx Apparel Center
Description: Located at the junction of Lafayette Ave. & tiffany St., the apparel center is the former site of the American Bank Note Co. (The building is now used for artist studios and for a school.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: business_Bronx_apparel_center.jpg

Title: Bronx Artists Guild Exhibit.
Description: Annual showing of paintings, selected by a committee of the Bronx Artists Guild, at the Parkchester branch of the Dollar Savings Bank.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: organizations_artists_guild.jpg

Title: Bronx Billboards
Description: Bronx Board of Trade billboard, at Fordham Rd. near Bathgate Ave., promoting Bronx manufacturing and homes. Also shown is a billboard advertising the Clason Point Park pool. A partially obscured advertisement for pianos is on the building to the left. (Theodore Roosevelt H.S. is today on this site.)
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Bronx_billboards_1.jpg

Title: Bronx Board Of Trade Banquet, 1951
Description: 57th annual banquet of the Bronx Board of Trade held at the Hotel Concourse Plaza. Note the 48 star flag displayed in the Grand Ballroom.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Broxn_board_of_trade_annual_banquet_17.jpg

Title: Bronx Board Of Trade Membership Council, 1952
Description: Membership Council members of the Bronx Board of Trade.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Bronx_board_of_trade_member_council_1952.jpg

Title: Bronx Board Of Trade Office
Description: Early undated interior view of the offices of the Bronx Board of Trade.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Bronx_board_of_trade.jpg

Title: Bronx Board Of Trade meeting At the NYS Maritime College
Description: Outdoor view of Bronx Board of Trade attendees at a Director's luncheon meeting at the NYS Maritime College. Note training ship on right.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Broxn_board_of_trade_directors_meeting_5.jpg

Title: Bronx Board of Trade Luncheon, 1952
Description: Board of Trade luncheon at the Hotel Concourse Plaza. View of the Grand Ballroom from above. Also shows 48 star flag.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Bronx_board_of_trade_luncheon_1952.jpg

Title: Bronx Community College
Description: Aerial view of the Bronx Community College, CUNY campus at University Ave. & W. 181st St. BCC took over this former New York University campus in 1973. Also shown is the surrounding Morris Heights community, the Major Deegan Expwy. and the Harlem River.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: college_BCC.jpg

Title: Bronx County Building Site
Description: View of the excavation site of the Bronx County Building amd Court on Mott Ave. (now Grand Concourse). Excavation started in July, 1930. Franz Siegel Pak is to the south. Also note neighborhood apartment buildings and use of window awnings.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Bronx_county_building_2.jpg

Title: Bronx County Building Under Construction
Description: Construction underway of the Bronx County Building, that will hold the county court and offices.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Bronx_county_building_3.jpg

Title: Bronx County Trust Co.
Description: Bronx County Trust Co. at Third Ave. & 137th St. Note Piano Club of New York on the second floor; and the offices of the Bronx Board of Trade on the upper floor.
Type: still image
Genre: photograph
Local Identifier: Broxn_county_trust_149th

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