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1857: The Horses and Cows Caught in the Firestorm at Wofle’s Farm, Staten Island
Mille Farm, painted by John Bradley in 1835, is the earliest depiction of a Staten Island. I’m not certain that Andrew Mille’s farm is the same one occupied by Joel Wolfe in the late 1840s and 1850s...
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1896: The St. Bernard and the Great Bear Hunt at Greenridge, Staten Island
The 65-acre Cortelyou farm and homestead where part of this story takes place was located on the Fresh Kills Road (now Arthur Kill Road) near the intersection of present-day Cortelyou Avenue. This oil...
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1887: Punch and Chico, the Photogenic Dogs of Alice Austen That Lived Where...
Chico and Punch in the wash tub, August 6, 1887. Photo by Alice Austen George Washington. Ben Franklin. General William Howe. Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt. These are just a few of the prominent men...
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1896: Tige, the Newfoundland of Mount Loretto Orphanage for Boys in Staten...
Tim and Tige lived and played on East 48th Street near First Avenue, pictured here in 1915. This neighborhood was razed to make way for the United Nations Plaza in 1948. NYPL Digital Collections When...
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On the night before he was hung for the murder of one of his two wives, Edward Reinhardt spent time smoking cigars and petting the three cats that lived with him in his prison cell at the Richmond...
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"This is about a refugee ship, 396 refugees from Lisbon. It's the usual stuff--a baby was born, a man died, a princess born in Flint, Michigan, escaped across Spain and a guy had to get a passport for...
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