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Title: 13 Colonies Float in 1933 Parade
Description: 13 Colonies float for parade celebrating 250th anniversary of the purchase of White Plains held on September 27, 1933.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_198

Title: 1916 Court House from Main Street during demolition
Description: The fourth Westchester County Court House from Main Street showing demolition at the side of the building. Construction started in 1915 and finished in 1917. Carved on the Main Street side of the building are the words: “To none will we sell, to none will we delay, to none will we deny justice.”
Type: still image
Genre: color photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_152

Title: 30 Miles From New York Marker from Post Road
Description: Picture of the 30th Mile Marker from the New York Post Road when it was located in front of the Armory. Now located at the White Plains Public Library.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_017

Title: 50th Anniversary of St. Bartholomew's Church
Description: Knocking on the door of St. Bartholomew's Church located on Sterling Avenue and Prospect Street in White Plains, NY as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_058

Title: A White Plains Fire Company
Description: An unidentified White Plains volunteer fire company posing on a horse-drawn fire engine.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_049

Title: A new citizen, looking at U.S. Maps
Description: Glass plate negative from "The Books In Our Lives: The Story of White Plains Public Library", a slideshow with a script by Readers' Advisor Jean L. Connor. Description for slide: New citizens are grateful for books and the guidance of librarians in helping them prepare for citzenship examinations.
Type: still image
Genre: glass plate negatives
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_253

Title: A tributary to the Bronx River running behind houses
Description: A tributary to the Bronx River running behind houses filled with trash and debris. Image was included in a publication entitled Italians in an American Community by Charles R. Towson, secretary of the Industrial Department, International Committee, YMCA published circa 1913.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_219

Title: Admiral Dot in the Firemen's Parade on Railroad Avenue
Description: Admiral Dot in Firemen's Parade on Railroad Avenue between Bronx Street and Lexington Avenue.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_054

Title: Al Surya Peterson Jr. as a baby
Description: A portrait of Al Peterson as a baby in his pram at the family home, 79 Fisher Ave, White Plains, NY. Al was known by the nickname "Bunnie" as a baby.
Type: still image
Genre: sepia prints
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_010

Title: Al Surya Peterson Jr. as a toddler
Description: A portrait of Al "Surya" Peterson as a toddler standing against a chair at the family home, 79 Fisher Ave, White Plains, NY.
Type: still image
Genre: sepia prints
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_009

Title: Al Surya Peterson Jr. as a toddler with another baby
Description: A portrait of Al Peterson as a toddler standing next to a helper at the family home, 79 Fisher Ave, White Plains, NY. Al was known by the nickname "Bunnie" as a baby.
Type: still image
Genre: sepia prints
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_012

Title: Alfred Peterson wearing boxing gloves
Description: Photpgraph taken at the family home, 79 Fisher Ave, White Plains, NY.
Type: still image
Genre: sepia prints
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_011

Title: American Heritage discussion group
Description: Glass plate negative from "The Books In Our Lives: The Story of White Plains Public Library", a slideshow with a script by Readers' Advisor Jean L. Connor. Description for slide: Reading and discussion of books on the great men and great issues of American democracy promotes a realization of the true meaning of the American heritage.
Type: still image
Genre: glass plate negatives
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_254

Title: Auto Accident at Hamilton and Church Street
Description: Photo of scene of automobile accident that happened on February 7, 1955 at Hamilton and Church St. The photo shows the position of the body on the road in front of the car.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_205

Title: Auto accident involving ambulance with children gathered
Description: Another angle on an auto accident involving an ambulance and another car with a crowd gathered in the background.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_114

Title: Auto accident involving ambulance with drivers in vehicles
Description: Scene depicting an auto accident involving an ambulance with a crowd mostly composed of children on the sidewalk.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_117

Title: Auto accident with ambulance and crowd
Description: Auto accident involving an ambulance and another car with a crowd gathered in the background.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_113

Title: B. Altman & Co. store front
Description: Store front of B. Altman & Co. at the corner of Mamaroneck Avenue and Post Road.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_133

Title: Baby Day 1922, landscape
Description: Girls in uniform gathered on front steps holding baby dolls and balloons.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_143

Title: Baby Day 1922, portrait
Description: Girls in uniform gathered on front steps holding baby dolls and balloons.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_142

Title: Banner for Constitution Week Across Broadway, White Plains
Description: View of the Constitution Week 1937 Banner over Broadway. Cars, pedestrians, and streetlamps hung with bunting are visible.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_027

Title: Battle of White Plains float from 1933 parade
Description: Battle of White Plains float for parade celebrating 250th anniversary of the purchase of White Plains held on September 27, 1933 with re-enactors on board.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_187

Title: Bella Himmelfarb at top of steps
Description: Bella Himmelfarb posing at top of concrete steps at Woodland Place in White Plains, April 1946.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_003

Title: Bessie Emanuel Smith at the Juniper School
Description: A scene in the library at the Juniper School which was located in Greenburgh, White Plains. Mrs. Bessie Emanuel Smith is standing, pointing to a photograph. Smith was the first African American teacher in White Plains.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_166

Title: Birth of New York State Float in 1933 Parade
Description: Birth of New York State float in parade celebrating 250th anniversary of the purchase of White Plains held on September 27, 1933 with re-enactors on board.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_189

Title: Boyle's Bookshop and Circulating Library store front
Description: Store front of Boyle's Bookshop Circulating Library with two men standing outside. The shop was located at 134 West Post Road and the Boyle's home was at 26 Midland Avenue.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_135

Title: Brochure for The Sunday Gallery
Description: Al Peterson ran The Sunday Gallery with Thad Harris. The gallery collected fine art from local black artists and exhibited it throughtout Westchester, Maryland, Georgia and Alabama assisted by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Type: text, still image
Genre: brochures
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_014

Title: Brown Longyear Motors in Parade of Progress
Description: A Studebaker advertising Brown Longyear Motors in the May 15, 1948 Parade of Progress on Martine Avenue at Court Street. The Studebaker is followed by an early 20th century automobile.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_004

Title: Bulldozer Demolishing White Plains Train Station
Description: Bulldozer demolishing White Plains Train Station. The new train station did not open until January 1987.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_155

Title: Bus in front of White Plains Train Station
Description: Bus in front of White Plains Train Station, looking south. The new train station did not open until January 1987.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_165

Title: Cable used to erect steel for White Plains Public Library Building
Description: Location of White Plains Library Building is Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY. The steel was erected during the winter of 1970-1971.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_033

Title: Cartoon depicting Dr. Ernst Schmid and the “sewer problem”
Description: Cartoon by John Rosch showing Dr. H. Ernst Schmid advocating for sewers to be treated as a public health issue.
Type: still image
Genre: political cartoons
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_065

Title: Chapel of the Divine Compassion on Good Counsel College Campus
Description: Chapel of the Divine Compassion on the Good Counsel College Campus in winter.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_043

Title: Chatterton Hill Battle Site Looking Across Purdy Hill
Description: View across Purdy Hill of Chatterton Hill site of Battle of White Plains which took place during the American Revolutionary War of 1776.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_014

Title: Chatterton Hill, Site of Battle of White Plains
Description: View from Chatterton Hill looking east across site of Battle of White Plains which took place during the American Revolutionary War of 1776. Number 4 is the site of the Chatterton House. Number 2 is the Presbyterian Church. In the foreground is Battle Avenue.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_012

Title: Children and man on a horse and carriage ride
Description: Two children and a man riding in a carriage pulled by two horses. The smaller child is holding a whip.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_080

Title: Children's Art Day
Description: The children's creative expression through art event was part of a larger outdoor festival in White Plains. Al Peterson ran the program for children at the festival. The event took place in the park on Lake St.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_016

Title: Children's Creative Expression Outdoor Festival
Description: The children's creative expression through art event was part of a larger outdoor festival in White Plains. Al Peterson ran the program for children at the festival. The event took place in the park on Lake St.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_015

Title: Civil War Soliders' Monument
Description: Civil War soldiers' monument located at the end of Main St. and North Broadway.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_139

Title: Closing the Campaign Float in 1933 Parade
Description: Closing the Campaign float for parade celebrating 250th anniversary of the purchase of White Plains held on September 27, 1933 with re-enactors on board.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_195

Title: Commuter Parking Garage on Ferris Ave. next to the Railroad
Description: Nightime photograph of the commuter parking garage on Ferris Ave next to the railroad north of Hamilton Ave. Edward Steinberg, the photographer of this image was responsible for its construction as city planner for White Plains.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_041

Title: Constitution Week Pageant Picture
Description: Group photo of performers in the Constitution Week Pageant on the steps of the Armory Building in 1937.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_029

Title: Construction Workers Lowering Main St.
Description: Main St. where Main St. and Lexington Ave. intersect was lowered as part of the urban renewal of downtown White Plains which began in the 1960s. It was lowered 12 feet for geometrical purposes - cars commuting in under the railroad tracks faced a steep hill and so the road was lowered to accommodate commuters. The project was complex as hardwire telephone cables had to be lowered also.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_040

Title: Construction Workers on Project to Lower Main St.
Description: Main St. where Main St. and Lexington Ave. intersect was lowered as part of the urban renewal of downtown White Plains which began in the 1960s. It was lowered 12 feet for geometrical purposes - cars commuting in under the railroad tracks faced a steep hill and so the road was lowered to accommodate commuters. The project was complex as hardwire telephone cables had to be lowered also.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_csd_038

Title: Convertible representing the White Plains Nursing Association in Parade of Progress
Description: Women in a convertible with a White Plains Nursing Association sign on it in the May 15, 1948 Parade of Progress. They are passing in front of the County Building on Martine Avenue and spectators are visible in the background.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_008

Title: Copper Beech tree, site of Grand Street library
Description: Former site of White Plains Public Library on Grand St, behind Westchester County Building.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_228

Title: Court Exchange Hotel
Description: Looking south on Grove Street with trolley tracks running toward Post Road. The Court Exchange Hotel visible on the right and Thompson & Gentleman Carriage Maker is visible on the left.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_118

Title: Court House plaza sculpture
Description: Sculpture in the court house plaza at the west side of White Plains Public Library.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_236

Title: Court Martial of General Charles Lee float in 1933 parade
Description: Court martial of General Charles Lee float for parade celebrating 250th anniversary of the purchase of White Plains held on September 27, 1933 with re-enactors on board.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_188

Title: Court Street School exterior
Description: Court Street school on the corner of Martine and Mamaroneck Avenue. It was first used as a High School and then as an Elementary School. It was demolished in 1939.
Type: still image
Genre: black-and-white photographs
Local Identifier: wppl_wpc_167

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