Valentine's manual of old New York (1919) (14779558784)

Identifier: valentinesmanual15brow (find matches)
Title: Valentine's manual of old New York
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961
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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Valentine's Manual Inc.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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er ( 303 ) VALENTINES MANUAL of people. Those are made in quite a large size, someof the models being almost like little houses. These areintensely interesting and have the rather pleasing effectof transporting you back to the days of ancient Greece,when the youths and maidens used to loiter in the beauti-ful gardens of their homes and listen to the recitals ofHomers tales or the story of the brave deeds of Theseus.Here you can see the Parthenon and other edifices as theywere in the hey-day of their glory. There are also rep-licas of many famous buildings still extant. The roomof antiquities and the collection of Egyptian relics aregreatly interesting, revealing many phases of life in thelong long ago. The site of the Museum was excellentlychosen, facing Fifth Avenue and within the Park, whereno other structures can interpose to destroy the view.The city is proud of this institution. Its work is of thehighest practical value, and the officers are deservedlyheld in high esteem. ( 304 )
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3A 13o p egO @ OF OLD NEW YORKNew York Citys War Activities ARLY in the morning of April 6th, 1917—3:12A. M.—the Senate of the United States passedthe resolution that a state of war existed betweenthe United States and the Imperial German Government.The House of Representatives took similar action as soonas the resolution was received from the Senate. Thisjoint resolution was signed by the President at 1:11 P. M.The same afternoon the President issued the proclama-tion to the American people announcing the existence ofa state of war. The Secretary of the Navy signed theorder to mobilize the navy and the Secretary of Warconferred with the House Military Committee in regardto army plans. Thus we formally entered Armageddon.Our declaration of war was made on Good Friday—the most sacred and solemn day in Christian chronology—a coincidence which many good people think augurswell for our cause. Far-seeing statesmen believe that itis the most momentous event in the history of the Uni