Newspaper clipping relates an early history of the fresh milk dairy industry. Believe written by Edward Harold Mott, famed author of “Between the Ocean and the Lakes; The Story of Erie.”
A newspaper article reporting a slave ship captured along the coast of Cuba in 1857. The captives, aged from ten to eighteen years, described as unfortunate creatures, taken from a place called Kabinda, on the coast of Africa. Of the 500 taken,...
Student being treated with a dental pick. The instructor (dentist) is on the left demonstrating the use of a dental pick to the students wearing pinstripe uniforms.
Little Tommy, Leah's son, is very ill and is being treated by a Dr. The Dr. thinks that Tommy is suffering from a derangement of the bile & bowels and treats him with calomel. Leah closes by asking for strength from above.
Women; Correspondence; Diseases; Medicine; Health care;
Twelve days after the death of Leah's baby Mary, Leah has become quite feeble. Thomas writes, "I must say that I have not
all along entertained in my own mind any doubt as to her recovery." Leah has been treated with cod liver oil which appeared to...
Astrith Deyrup talks about her family and life in Upper Nyack and New York City. Astrith's father, Alvin S. Johnson was the 1st President of the New School for Social research in Manhattan. Her sister Felicia was a prominent artist. Both she and...
