[Printed stationery for the Astor House hotel in New York City, showing a busy street scene in front of the hotel, with numerous pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles travelling in various directions]

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Title: [Printed stationery for the Astor House hotel in New York City, showing a busy street scene in front of the hotel, with numerous pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles travelling in various directions]
Date: 1865 April 14
Notes: [John B.] White ALS to W[illiam Guy] Markham, April 14, 1865. New York, [Ny.], page 1. From a collection of business letters, personal letters, legal documents, and financial records related to an extended family with business and agricultural interests in Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, and South Carolina. Also present are letters from five Civil War soldiers, containing descriptions of their wartime experiences.
Names and Subjects: Cable cars (Streetcars)--New York (State)--New York.; Cable cars (Streetcars) in art.; Flags--United States--1860-1870.; Flags--United States--Pictorial works.; Horse-drawn vehicles--New York (State); Horse-drawn vehicles in art.; Horses--New York (State)--New York--1860-1870.; Horses--Pictorial works.; Horses in art.; Hotel Astor (New York, N.Y.)--1860-1870.; Letterheads--1860-1870.; Letterheads--Pictorial works.; Pedestrians--New York (State)--New York--1860-1870.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letterheads.; Letters (correspondence); Printed ephemera.
Collection Title: Puffer-Markham family papers
Collection Creator: Puffer family and Markham family.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 7253
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2019-02-27 12:33:10

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Image Size: 5552 x 6112
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Record: 7253
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