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Zoning Committee, 1959
Title
Zoning Committee, 1959
Description
Members of the Zoning Committee seated in front of framed wall photographs of Bronx Board of Trade's previous Directors.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
Broxn_board_of_trade_zoning_committee_1959.jpg
Yeshiva University
Title
Yeshiva University
Description
Dinner honoring Borough President Joseph Periconi at the university. Along with the university president and Governor Nelson Rockefeller, he studies the model of the planned facility on Morris Park Ave.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
college_yeshiva_3.jpg
Yankee Stadium.
Title
Yankee Stadium.
Description
Ticket control vault at Yankee Stadium.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
recreation_sports_baseball_15.jpg
Yankee Stadium From The Tracks
Title
Yankee Stadium From The Tracks
Description
View of Yankee Stadium from the IRT elevated #4 subway line. Banners note the Yankee's being American League Champions for 1941 and 1942; and World Champions in 1943. The game was probably held on an 'Old Timers Day.'
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
recreation_sports_baseball_14.jpg
Yankee Stadium
Title
Yankee Stadium
Description
Mayor Robert Wagner throws out a ball from the stands as Bronx Borough President James Lyons looks on.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
recreation_sports_baseball_5.jpg
Yankee Stadium
Title
Yankee Stadium
Description
Exterior view of Yankee Stadium, site of the Louis-Walcott fight. Note 'boxing tonight' chalked on left wall.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
recreation_sports_baseball_3.jpg
YMCA's Camp. (2 of 3)
Title
YMCA's Camp. (2 of 3)
Description
Group shot of boys at the YMCA sponsored Camp Talcott in Orange County, NY.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
organizations_YMCA_8.jpg
YMCA's Camp. (1 of 3)
Title
YMCA's Camp. (1 of 3)
Description
Building at Camp Talcott in Orange County, NY. The camp is sponsored by the Bronx YMCA.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
organizations_YMCA_7.jpg
YMCA's Camp (3 of 3)
Title
YMCA's Camp (3 of 3)
Description
Boys swimming at the YMCA sponsored Camp Talcott in Orange County, NY.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
organizations_YMCA_9.jpg
Wine Arrives At The Bronx Terminal Market
Title
Wine Arrives At The Bronx Terminal Market
Description
Twenty-five tank cars, each holding 8,000 gallons of wine from Chateau Martin, California, arrive at the Bronx Terminal Market. The shipment is thought to be the largest trainload of wine ever shipped in the country. The building on the left is the Bronx County Jail at 653 River Ave. & E. 151st St. (Later renamed the Bronx House of Detention, this building was closed in 2003 since it had too few inmates.)
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
business_Chateau_martin_wine.jpg
William Howard Taft H.S.
Title
William Howard Taft H.S.
Description
View of William Howard Taft H.S. and surrounding streets on the day that dedication ceremonies were held at the school. The school is on Sheridan Ave. & E. 172nd St.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
schools_william_howard_taft.jpg
Welcoming Rotarians From Around The World
Title
Welcoming Rotarians From Around The World
Description
A Bronx Rotary Club banner bearing the seal of the Borough of the Bronx anticipates the arrival of Rotarians from 128 countries who are expected to attend the 1964 New York World's Fair. Rotarians are known for their youth services programs and community activities. This view was probably shot at the Concourse Plaza Hotel, where the Rotarians generally met.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
organizations_rotary_club_1.jpg
Waterfalls Along The Bronx River
Title
Waterfalls Along The Bronx River
Description
Waterfalls on Bronx River in the New York Botanical Garden above the Snuff Mill gorge. The Hemlock Forest is to the left.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
Park_Botanical_Garden_a18.jpg
Ward Baking Co.
Title
Ward Baking Co.
Description
The company known for its Tip Top breads and cakes and their plant at 367 Southern Blvd & E. 143rd St.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
business_ward-banking.jpg
War Monument Dedication On 137th Street
Title
War Monument Dedication On 137th Street
Description
Dedication of The Spanish War Memorial on 137th St., and a 'silenced' canon to bear tribute to the local soldiers lost in World War I. The Bronx Board of Trade headquarters building, in the rear, is festooned with patriotic bunting.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
Bronx_board_of_trade-HQ.jpg
WBNX Corp.
Title
WBNX Corp.
Description
Reception area of the Bronx radio station that began broadcasting in 1927. Found at 1380 on the radio, the station was known for its French, German, Yiddish, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian language programs; as well as its music, news, sports and disc-jockey shows.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
business_WBNX.jpg
WBNX Corp.
Title
WBNX Corp.
Description
Studio scene showing station radio equipment, stereos, and announcer's work area and furnishings.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
business_WBNX_2.jpg
WBNX Corp.
Title
WBNX Corp.
Description
Studio scene in the Melrose Central Building at 260 E. 161st St. Shown are an organ, piano and microphones.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
business_WBNX_3.jpg
Voting Machine Demonstration At First Federal Savings And Loan Assn.
Title
Voting Machine Demonstration At First Federal Savings And Loan Assn.
Description
A practice polling booth, manned by members of the Bronx Hadassah, is demonstrated at the bank. Visitors were permitted to cast practice ballots.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
first_federal_savings_loan_2.jpg
Vita Wellbrock Kearney
Title
Vita Wellbrock Kearney
Description
Vita workers filleting fish at the N.Y.C.Terminal Market at Hunts Point.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
business_vita.jpg
View of Webster Ave. And Railroad Tracks
Title
View of Webster Ave. And Railroad Tracks
Description
Air view of Webster Ave., north of Fordham Rd. with New Haven railroad tracks to the right.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
street_fordham_webster_ave.jpg
View Of The Bronx To The Northwest
Title
View Of The Bronx To The Northwest
Description
Air view looking northwest from 149th St. showing buildings.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
street_airview_bronx_8.jpg
View Of The 149th St. Area
Title
View Of The 149th St. Area
Description
Air view of the 149th St. 'Hub' area looing south toward gas tanks and the East River.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
street_airview_bronx_12.jpg
View North of 149th Street
Title
View North of 149th Street
Description
Air view of buildings north of 149th St.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
street_airview_bronx_10.jpg
View North of 149th Street
Title
View North of 149th Street
Description
View of Melrose to the north from the new Board of Trade building in the Hub area. Note clothes lines for apartment building residences.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
street_airview_bronx_11.jpg
Veterans Administration Hospital
Title
Veterans Administration Hospital
Description
Main entrance to the hospital located at 130 W. Kingsbridge Rd. This building was taken down and is now a lawn area at the hospital.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
hospital_veterans.jpg
Vaudeville at B. F. Keith's
Title
Vaudeville at B. F. Keith's
Description
George Jessel Jubilee Week at the theatre on Fordham Rd. Also shown are other stores including the Wertheimer department store (later Alexander's). This theatre later became the RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum).
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
theatres_Keith_RFO_fordham.jpg
Vanmar Co., Inc.
Title
Vanmar Co., Inc.
Description
Interior view of the company at Southern Blvd. between 144th and 145th Sts. Vanmar relocated from Manhattan due to the excellent transportation facilities in the Bronx. Shown here are envelope manufacuturing machines which can produce 3 million envelopes daily. Vanmar also handles steel die engraving and printing. It is one of the funeral industry's largest manufacturers of multi-color prayer cards and sympathy announcements in the country.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
business_Vanmar_co.jpg
Urban League Of Greater New York
Title
Urban League Of Greater New York
Description
The Prospect Avenue Merchants Assn. (PAMA) endorses the work of the Urban League, an interracial agency working to improve inter-group relations in the community. Here the PAMA president accepts a merchant's membership in the Urban League of Greater New York. The location is inside Hollywood Clothes at 904 Prospect Ave.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
organizations_urban_league.jpg
University Ave. And Burnside Ave.
Title
University Ave. And Burnside Ave.
Description
University & Burnside Aves. showing a trolley, the Croton Aqueduct overpass, and neighborhood stores.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
street_university_burnside_aves.jpg
Unionport Bridge
Title
Unionport Bridge
Description
View of Unionport Bridge over Westchester Creek. The Bronx Board of Trade advocated that the bridge either be reconstructed or replaced to deal with the increased flow of traffic and congestion into the area especially as a result of the opening of the New York World's Fair in Queens. What appears to be an excursion boat is on the right. St. Joseph's School for the Deaf is in the distance, as is Throggs Neck community to the right.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
unionport_1939.jpg
Triborough Bridge Aerial View
Title
Triborough Bridge Aerial View
Description
Aerial view of sections of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Queens showing bridges, including the Triborough.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
triboro_bridge_3.jpg
Triborough Bridge
Title
Triborough Bridge
Description
View from the East River of the Triborough Bridge span looking toward the Manhattan skyline.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
triboro_bridge_1.jpg
Triborough Bridge
Title
Triborough Bridge
Description
East River span of bridge.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
triboro_bridge_2.jpg
Training Ship Of The New York State Maritime Academy
Title
Training Ship Of The New York State Maritime Academy
Description
The 'Empire State Training Ship' used by the Academy. Ship is being readied for a summer training voyage to a foreign destination.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
college_martime_39.jpg
Trainees At Fort Schuyler
Title
Trainees At Fort Schuyler
Description
Chief explains the use of a grappling hook to the Boatswain's Mate trainees in a classroom at the NYS Maritime Academy at Fort Schuyler.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
college_martime_13.jpg
Thwaites Restaurant
Title
Thwaites Restaurant
Description
The oldest seafood restaurant on City Island, Thwaites opened in the 1870s and burned down in the 1980s.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
restaurant_thwaites.jpg
Throgs Neck Model And Approaches
Title
Throgs Neck Model And Approaches
Description
Model of proposed Throgs Neck Bridge and approaches. The Cross Bronx Expressway extension is in the Center; and the Throgs Neck approach is on the left. The intersection of Bruckner Expressway and Hutchinson River Parkway is shown in the foreground.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
Throggs_neck_Bridge_1.jpg
Throgs Neck Bridge
Title
Throgs Neck Bridge
Description
Bronx tower caisson being towed toward site in the East River. View taken from the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge and looking toward Queens.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
Throggs_neck_Bridge_5.jpg
The House Of Calvary
Title
The House Of Calvary
Description
A patient in her hospital bed enjoys a card game with a staff member. Calvary specializes in caring for the terminally ill and was (then) located at Featherbed Lane & Macomb's Rd.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
hospital_bronx_calvary_1.jpg
The Horse Named 'Bronx'
Title
The Horse Named 'Bronx'
Description
Image of the saddle horse named 'Bronx,' who won a Philadelphia Centennial Exposition medal in 1876. 'Bronx,' the horse, was named for the Bronx River.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
recreation_sports_horse_racing.jpg
The Garden's Gorge
Title
The Garden's Gorge
Description
A bridge along the Bronx River in the New York Botanical Garden.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
Park_Botanical_Garden_a20.jpg
The Bronx, The Nation's Fifth Largest City
Title
The Bronx, The Nation's Fifth Largest City
Description
Bronx Board of Trade billboard extolling the population size of the Bronx.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
Bronx_billboards_3.jpg
The Bronx Welcomes Home The World Champion New York Yankees
Title
The Bronx Welcomes Home The World Champion New York Yankees
Description
Annual welcome home dinner for New York Yankees at the Hotel Concourse Plaza. A dinner followed their opening game with the Boston Red Sox at the stadium. Mickey Mantle, in his rookey year, is on the right
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
recreation_sports_baseball_11.jpg
The Bronx Takes The Cake
Title
The Bronx Takes The Cake
Description
Opening its Hunts Point Branch, at 550 Hunts Point Ave. near Randall Avel, officials from First National City Bank present Borough President Joseph F. Periconi with a cake decorated with 50 candles. The candles commemorate the golden anniversary of Bronx County.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
first_national_city_bank_hunts_point_2.jpg
The Bronx Receives Its Own Post Office
Title
The Bronx Receives Its Own Post Office
Description
Ceremony establishing Bronx, New York Post Office in the former Bronx Central Annex Building at 149th St. & Grand Concourse. This event inaugurated a separate postal designation from Manhattan for the Bronx. Originally all Bronx mail was addressed as New York, New York.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
post_office_1.jpg
The Art Exemplar, [River with bridge in distance], front
Title
The Art Exemplar, [River with bridge in distance], front
Description
Summary: albumen photograph, faded; view looking down a tree-lined river toward a beam bridge in the distance.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
Art_Exemplar_142
The 'Hub' Area.
Title
The 'Hub' Area.
Description
Air view of the Melrose residential area looking northwest from the 'Hub.' Franz Siegel Park, 780 and 790 Grand Concourse buildings, the New York Central railroad yards, and Thomas Garden Apartments can be seen. The Highbridge Tower, and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital can be seen in Manhattan near the horizon line.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
street_airview_bronx_9.jpg
The 'Hub' Area
Title
The 'Hub' Area
Description
Air view of the 149th St. Hub area looking toward the East River. Also shown are elevated subway lines; billboards, stores, and the top of the five-story P.S. 27 building at 519 E. 147th St.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
street_airview_bronx_6.jpg
Swan Finds Home At The Bronx Zoo
Title
Swan Finds Home At The Bronx Zoo
Description
A swan was rescued from heavy mud by the ASPCA when Baisley Park Lake in Queens was being drained. The swan was presented to the Bronx Zoo. After being brought back to health, the swan is introduced to the zoo's lake.
Type
still image
Genre
photograph
Local Identifier
park_bronx_zoo_a11.jpg

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