New york blue book 1930s

Blue ribbon books, imprint of doubleday new york, us series dates. Blue book was a popular 20thcentury american magazine with a lengthy 70 year run under. Vintage cookbook website is focused on antiquarian, antique, vintage, and rare american cookbooks. This is an excellent treatment of new york architecture, 18901915, divided into chapters by building type. Cant make out that scrawled name in the 1930 federal census. This map of the city of new york and island of manhattan, as laid out by the commissioners appointed. I gave a talk on tea rooms of new york city when my book tea at the blue lantern inn came out in 2002. August is a time for traveling, and so with the city full of visitors this month, were turning our attention to the outsider lens on new york, circa 1930. Depression although only about 300 new titles would be released during the 1930s, the bulk appearing prior to 1932. See typical actors pay listed in the book the business of the theatre. Feb 11, 2020 a new history follows the icons and socialites of the cote dazur before the rise of fascism. By 1934, of the ten theatres that were on 42nd street, only the new amsterdam theatre was still running as a playhouse.

Top commercial floor treatmentscoatingspreservatives. Social register 1887, and the brooklyn blue book 1899, classified, and reverse lookup. Little bluebook collection bowling green state university. Photographs by bert morgan opens may 10 and features historic photographs of some blue book members, their southampton playgrounds and their activities captured by the entrenched society photographer. Other maps in this digital presentation include aerial maps of new york city from 1924, topographical surveys of central park, and atlases covering the bronx, long island, queens, and staten island. History kelley blue book new and used car price values. Where can i find past editions of the permanent missions blue book. Gives wages in great britain, france, and austria beginning in 1938, and sweden, denmark, belgium, switzerland and canada beginning in 1939. Bcbs companies and licensees blue cross blue shield. The listings relating to the permanent missions are based on information communicated to the protocol and liaison. The new york commute in the 1930s the new york times. Oct 17, 2016 new york inspired this 1930s masterpiece mural biographies of painter thomas hart benton usually describe him as a regionalist, an artworld misfit who eschewed the abstract style of the 1920s and 1930s and painted images of everyday life in the american heartland. The new york commute in the 1930s archival footage from 1939 shows just how busy the commute was at the 34th street station in new york. It was established in 1930, a few years after the book of the month club.

A new car price is added to the list of publications. This microfilm is not available for sale from nara. Mint condition memorabilia from this most famous world fair. From the early 1900s until 1930, 42nd street was experiencing a golden age. This medal was struck in copper and was issued to commemorate the 1937 american legion convention. Industry source of regional, categorized construction information and is available in print and online. Afterwards a man in the audience came up and asked me why i didnt mention the darker aspects of tea rooms. She held the westbound blue riband between 1933 and 1935. Nysl holdings are listed below in alphabetical order by. Originally built for the navigazione generale italiana ngi as ss guglielmo marconi, its stateordered merger with the lloyd sabaudo line meant that the ship sailed for the newly created italia flotta riunite italian line. You can read about the collection or browse the entire collection. The new yorker has posted a very neat splitscreen tour of the same streets in new york city, letting you see the big apple in the 1930s and today.

A portrait of berenice abbott taken by hank oneal in new. Kelley blue book develops guides for everything from travel trailers to campers to atvs to snowmobiles to motorcycles and manufactured housing. L as listed in the 1930 new york social blue book researched and transcribed exclusively for the brooklyn pages by miriam medina back to blue main back to directory main back to brooklyn main. Cars in the 1930s were significantly more luxurious than their 1920s counterparts. With the stock market crash in 1929 and with the opening of the new decade, hemlines descended back to ankle length and waistlines moved back to their natural place. Manhattan, brooklyn, the bronx, queens, and richmond by federal writers project n. New york state standards and specifications for erosion. The definitive work on this period of social upheaval, now back in print. The listings relating to the permanent missions are based on information communicated to the protocol and liaison service by the permanent missions, and their publication is. May open in new window and leave the history s website. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. New york historical maps and atlases historic map works. Feb, 2018 the history of food stamps as the trump administration pushes a blue aprontype program and billions of dollars in cuts. Protocol and liaison service room s0209 united nations new york, n.

We currently have over 1,662,956 images available online. Just as memory tends to purge the unpleasent, so does this book, which is probably why i enjoyed it so much. The telephone book is supposed to be used and abused. In the mid1930s it offered lunch platters at 30 cents and new years and thanksgiving dinners for as little as 50 cents. The listings relating to the permanent missions are based on information communicated to the protocol and liaison service by. Sep 22, 1991 herbert jacoby and julius monk, pioneer entrepreneurs of the new york cabaret scene, float through mr. Karen abbott, new york times bestselling author of liar temptress soldier spy. The fact that mazie cox is a 1967 graduate of smith is not mentioned, although pains are taken to indicate that she is a member of the colony club, the daughters of the cincinnati and the colonial dames of america.

Digitization of the fire insurance group of maps was made possible by a grant from metro metropolitan new york library council. The first factory was in a small loft building on 14th street in new york city but after the company was established only a few years the business expanded to such a degree that it moved to much larger quarters, occupying an entire building built for it at 50th street and eleventh avenue and continued to expand into adjoining and nearby. New york city in the 1940s was buzzing with activity, with the population of manhattan almost reaching 2 million inhabitants. The letter of credentials should indicate that heshe is the countrys permanent representative to the united nations and all subsidiary. Gavins book, providing a variety of narrative threads. Connect with the best floor treatmentscoatingspreservatives in new york upstate listed in the blue book network. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The number one source of guitar and amplifier pricing and information so you can find the price and value of your used guitars and amplifier. When a cellar was the place to be the new york times.

Little blue books are a series of small staplebound books published from 1919 through 1978. Well known to book collectors and booklovers, our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. Dec 07, 2017 the psychic tea rooms of 1930s new york didnt predict all the police raids tea parlors were the battleground in a war against fortune telling. Within the atlases are 18,496 historical maps, illustrations, and histories many of which contain family names ideal for genealogical research. A lovely photo set of new york city from the 1930s. The photography of an early master of photography is collected in a comprehensive twovolume edition, berenice abbott by berenice abbott, published by steidl. The state of new york collection contains 525 atlases spanning 408 years of growth and development 1599 through 2007. The magazine was nicknamed king of the pulps in the 1930s. The new york state department of environmental conservation announces the availability of the updated new york state standards and specifications for erosion and sediment control blue book, dated november, 2016. The slums, the dirt, the menace of some streets and the ethnic tapestry are ignored.

The manufacturing facilities at east rochester was comprised of a series of separate and individual factories planned so that manufacturing of the various instruments was carried on in an entirely individual and distinct manner, and by separate organizations, each under direction of. Miscellaneous tidbits of the jewish community in nyc 1917 part i posted 7107. The little blue books were published by the haldermanjulius publishing company of giraud kansas from 19191978. France to publish blue book of all documents relating to european federation. This was the heyday of the worlds fair and is among one of the most popular worlds fairs for collectibles. There is no question that the images of manhattan in this book.

However, in the 1930s, many theatre producers were failing. The history of food stamps as the trump administration pushes a blue aprontype program and billions of dollars in cuts. Samuel battle and the shattering of the color line in new york, to be published this month, chronicles battles journey from rural north carolina to first black cop. New york 1930 share book recommendations with your. Blue book online realtime version of the blue book, updated constantly this publication is prepared by the protocol and liaison service for information purposes only. Further information concerning names of members of permanent missions entitled to diplomatic privileges and immunities and other mission members registered with the united nations can be obtained from. This article provides an incomplete list of fiction books set in new york city. Constant innovation led to higher sales, safety and customer satisfaction. A 1973 column in the new york times about that years social register observed that unlike males listed the volume did not list the universities attended by females, unless they were students. May 04, 2017 sixteen signs in times square were turned out by one small switch operated by douglas leigh, sign designer, in new york, march 1, 1942. After being expelled from a southern negro college in the 1930s, the nameless narrator of invisible man moves to harlem, hoping there he will find acceptance. He was certain that a lot of them had been speakeasies and houses of prostitution.

Everyday life in texas and california prisons by ethan blue new york university press as i write the final words to this book in 2010, conditions are eerily similar to those of the 1930s, writes ethan blue in his history of depressionera imprisonment in texas and california. Credentials presented to the secretarygeneral in 2020. Book is a cloth tan book with gold gilt it has water stains on the cover and the back of book the inside of book is in great condition the corners and edjes show some ware, po name inside. This antique map plate 015 and atlas manhattan 1930 land book are part of the historic map works, residential genealogy historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type. City directories on microfilm or microfiche and selected telephone books and county directories on microfilm are filed in cabinets in the 7th floor microforms area. Historic maps of buffalo, erie county, and western ny. City directories, telephone books and county directories do not circulate, but are available for use onsite. Circa 1930 city directories available at nara national. In case it isnt obvious, the little elves at do not own any old buffalo maps.

The blue book provides standards and specifications for the selection, design and. My favorites are the crowded beach scene at coney island, margaret bourkewhites shot of hats in the garment district, and a shot of the lung block on the lower east side. Dec 15, 2019 i have experienced a somewhat similar attitude before. Ny worlds fair exposition american legion 1939 xfau ny worlds fair exposition american legion 1939 xfau this is a scarce higher grade medal issued from the new york worlds fair exposition held in 1939. Search the blue book online and you will find over 800,000 company listings. Others are rare antique maps, part of the collection by an exclusive arrangement with the osher. Juvenile collection, rare book and special collections division, library of congress. With over 800 pages, this tome is difficult to handle, but nevertheless, it covers new york at its peak of glory, and is the best of robert sterns books about new york architecture e. This page lists microfilmed city directories available at national archives building, 700 pennsylvania ave.

Its substantially thinner than robert sterns other books in this series new york 1880, new york 1930, new york 1960, but theres enough meat here that the reader feels the topic has been fully covered. Rare book and special collections division, library of congress 045. The 36 independent and locally operated blue cross blue shield companies deliver health insurance coverage to one in three americans across all 50 states, the district of columbia and puerto rico. Blue coal is hot, clean and free from slate, a poststar advertisement touted the anthracite coal coated with a blue fuel oil dye to distinguish it from other brands.

New york inspired this 1930s masterpiece mural ephemeral. Times square, central park, the brooklyn bridgetheyre all on display. These incredible black and white photographs, which document everyday life in new. Its founder was lawrence lamm, previously an editor at macmillan. This history presents new york from the viewpoint of the upper crust and the insulated, the planning was grand and well funded. In the 1930s depression the blue parrot, like so many other restaurants, was forced to lower its prices considerably. Researched and transcribed exclusively for the brooklyn pages by miriam medina back to blue main back to directory main back to brooklyn main. Jun 03, 2019 i have experienced a somewhat similar attitude before. In addition, the bcbs federal employee program insures over five million federal employees, retirees and their families. No doubt the end of prohibition was a life saver for the blue. To find actual wages and not just inflation price indexes look for tables that specifically mention units of money, such as schillings and pence for great britain.