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West Market Street, Red Hook, NY

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Looking west on Market Street, Red Hook, NY. Horse and wagon on road, telegraph or telephone pole on left.

Probable portrait of Alida Schuyler Livingston

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Portrait by an unidentified artist possibly of Alida Schuyler at the time of her first marriage in 1675. This information accompanies a black and white likeness reproduced in Ruth Piwonka, A Portrait of Livingston Manor (Clermont, NY, 1986), 102. The…

Tracing of a 1747 Map of Barent Van Benthuysen land

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A tracing of a 1747 Map showing the land holdings of Barent Van Benthuysen

Map of Ward Manor as run by New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor

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Map of Ward Manor as it was used by the New York Association for Improving the Conditions of the Poor

Planning the Public Works of Art Project

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Eleanor Roosevelt examines the proposed national divisions of the Public Works of Art Project with Edward Bruce, Chip Robert, and Forbes Watson. Eleanor was instrumental in winning Franklin’s support of the project.

WPA Children Painting, Jacksonville Negro Federal Gallery

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Original caption reads: "Negro creative work based on spirituals. Jacksonville Negro Federal Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida. Opportunities for negro children in painting and sculpture have resulted in works which are extremely rhythmic and…

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

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A letter addressed to Mrs. Roosevelt. It is one of the 4,713 letters received during August, 1937.

Sample of Response to Letters Addressed to ER

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Response from ER's staff to letters received.

Young Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt at Blithewood

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FDR with Col. Zabriskie, NY Governor Dix, and ER at Blithewood Manor, in Annandale NY. Adapted.