Subject: View of the Classical style Brooklyn City Hall, flying an American flag. Another Classical style building sits behind it, while people walk along the street and others ride on horseback. The scene is set within a simple ivy border
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 421: Partially hand-colored., Title from caption below image., and Construction on the city hall was completed in 1849.
Publisher:
Charles Magnus
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State), New York., Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York, and Brooklyn.
Subject (Name):
Brooklyn City Hall (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Public buildings, Buildings, structures, etc, and Buildings
Lithograph of six buildings, with eagle and flags at top of page. The buildings represented are a church; Masonic hall; hotel designated as the "Colonado House" and captioned "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas"; courthouse; the residence of Col. R.H. Williams; and the store of Mr. G. Burkhart. The central image of the hotel, and its caption "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas," dominate the tableau
Alternative Title:
Views of Matagorda, Texas and Hotel at Matagorda, Texas
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 381 copy 2: Manuscript note at top of sheet: T.[?]H. Wright, Oct 29, 1943, gift? 1850s? and Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Ed. Lang lith
Subject (Geographic):
Matagorda (Tex.), Texas, and Matagorda.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, and Historic buildings
Lithograph of six buildings, with eagle and flags at top of page. The buildings represented are a church; Masonic hall; hotel designated as the "Colonado House" and captioned "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas"; courthouse; the residence of Col. R.H. Williams; and the store of Mr. G. Burkhart. The central image of the hotel, and its caption "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas," dominate the tableau
Alternative Title:
Views of Matagorda, Texas and Hotel at Matagorda, Texas
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 381 copy 2: Manuscript note at top of sheet: T.[?]H. Wright, Oct 29, 1943, gift? 1850s? and Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Ed. Lang lith
Subject (Geographic):
Matagorda (Tex.), Texas, and Matagorda.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, and Historic buildings
Lithograph of six buildings, with eagle and flags at top of page. The buildings represented are a church; Masonic hall; hotel designated as the "Colonado House" and captioned "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas"; courthouse; the residence of Col. R.H. Williams; and the store of Mr. G. Burkhart. The central image of the hotel, and its caption "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas," dominate the tableau
Alternative Title:
Views of Matagorda, Texas and Hotel at Matagorda, Texas
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 381 copy 2: Manuscript note at top of sheet: T.[?]H. Wright, Oct 29, 1943, gift? 1850s? and Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Ed. Lang lith
Subject (Geographic):
Matagorda (Tex.), Texas, and Matagorda.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, and Historic buildings
Photograph album containing 36 black and white photographs by unidentified photographers depicting the process of rehabilitating the lodge of the Elks fraternal order in Manila, Philippines from 1946-1949. Photographs depict the ruins of the lodge following its occupation by Japanese soldiers; views of the reconstruction of the lodge, from 1946-1949; exterior views of the completed lodge; interior views of the completed lodge, including scenes of the bar, dining room, library, ladies' lounge, and lodge room; studio portraits of the construction committee members, architect, interior decorator, and contractors; and studio portraits of the lodge officers for 1948-1949. Also included in the album are brief printed texts, including: descriptions of the lodge building and its history; descriptions of the pictured rooms; a description of the process of rehabilitation and a listing of the allocation of funds for the construction of the building, interior furnishings, and decor; and an accounting audit by Price, Waterhouse & Co. of the receipts and expenditures of the construction committee during the rehabilitation process
Description:
The Elks, also known as the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, is a fraternal order founded in the United States in 1868., Text in English., Title from recto of leaf six., Place and date of creation from internal evidence., and Portraits captioned on facing pages.
Subject (Geographic):
Philippines, Manila, Philippines., and Manila (Philippines)
Americans, Social life and customs, Architects, Building, Buildings, Repair and reconstruction, Clubhouses, Contractors, Fraternal organizations, Interior decorators, Buildings, structures, etc, and History
"View of the grand front of the theatre; a lion and unicorn to left and right of the pedament at top, with a sculpture of armour and weapons in the centre, pillasters across middle of building and an iron balcony above ground floor; in foreground to right a carriage and a sedan chair, to the left street traders and other figures."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nouvelle façade, vers Bridges Street, de la principale entrée du Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French., "Possibly an illustration from 'The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam', 1773-1822"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catlalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.3116., and Tipped in at page 640 (leaf numbered '89' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., and London,
Subject (Name):
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, Theaters, Facades, Carriages & coaches, Sedan chairs, Street vendors, and Dogs
