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D. B. Steinman Papers, 1907-1959, bulk circa 1950-1955
0.25 linear feetA small collection of correspondence, awards, and ephemera related to the engineer David B. Steinman. The bulk of the material dates from the first half of the 1950s.
Ernest Born lithographs, 1930-1931
15 lithographsThis collection contains lithographs of New York City streets, buildings and other structures drawn and printed by Ernest Born during the period 1930-1931. The suite of 15 completed images are New York City subjects originally contracted by a London art house; but, due to the 1930's depression, the transaction was not completed and the project remained in the Born family archives. The original edition was 20 prints of each image, of which five to 13 of each image survive. The lithographs are titled as follows: "Brooklyn Bridge" "Late Afternoon" "Battery Place" "East River Bend" "New York Public Library" "Grand Central Station" "Park Avenue and Lincoln Building" "Trinity Church" "Wall Street" "Garment Center" "Foundation Construction" "6th Avenue Elevation" "Jeannette Park Curve" "Bank of Manhattan and US Treasury" and "Frankfort Street.".
Hoppin & Koen architectural drawings and photographs, 1900-1922
470 drawingsArchitectural drawings and photographs of Hoppin and Koen designs including alterations to the residence of R.T. Wilson, Jr., 15 East 57th Street, New York, 1905; Albany County Courthouse, Albany, New York, 1913-1915; Mount Morris Theater at Fifth Avenue and 116th Street, New York, 1911-1912; New York City Fire Department building, East 111th Street and Second Avenue, 1911; Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge, undated, not constructed; residences of George B. McClellan at Princeton, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., 1922; Edith Wharton and Edward Wharton's Lenox, Massachusetts, home, the Mount; New York City Police Headquarters, 240 Centre St., New York; and others.