Container List
Series 6: Graphic Materials, circa 1800s-1970s. 2.25 Linear Feet in 1 document box and 7 oversized or odd-sized boxes.
ArrangementThe Graphic Materials series is divided into three sub-series, Sub-Series 1: Lefferts Graphic Materials, Sub-Series 2: Brooklyn and New York City Graphic Materials, and Sub-Series 3: Other Graphic Materials. See the not on each sub-series for the arrangement of its materials.
Scope and ContentsThe Graphic Materials series contains images of a variety of subjects related to the Lefferts family, the Lefferts house, Brooklyn, New York City, and New York State. The genre of materials includes photographic prints, tintypes, daguerreotypes, glass plate negatives, photo albums, picture postcards, and prints of engravings. The series does not include maps or scrapbooks which can be found in Series 5: Maps and Series 8: Books and Scrapbooks respectively. The series has been broken down into three sub-series: Sub-Series 1: Lefferts Graphic Materials, Sub-Series 2: Brooklyn and New York Graphic Materials, and Sub-Series 3: Other Graphic Materials. See the individual scope notes below for each sub-series for descriptions. |
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Sub-Series 1: Lefferts Graphic Materials, circa 1850s-1970s. 0.75 Linear Feet in 1 document box and 5 oversized or odd-sized boxes.
ArrangementMaterials are arranged alphabetically according to description.
Scope and ContentsSub-Series 1: Lefferts Graphic Materials contains the images that are created by, depicting, or related to the Lefferts family and the Lefferts house. Individuals have been identified where possible, but many are yet to be identified. Among the figures who have been identified are Eliza Lefferts Cooke, Louise Lefferts Downs, John Lefferts (1785-1829), James Lefferts (1855-1911) and Jacobus Lefferts (1757-1799). The sub-series also includes two photo albums with photographs of Lefferts family members. In addition to the historic Lefferts house, this sub-series also contains images of the houses of Rem Lefferts, the Lefferts Vanderbilts, the Fanning branch of the Lefferts family in Sterling, Illinois, and the Virginia home of Mary Gray Lefferts. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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| Box: OS 4 | Folder : 1 | Bloom-Lefferts House and Family (front and back of house, Robert Benson Bloom) |
circa 1860s-1890s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 1 | Civil War Soldiers (including John McKessen, Jr. [1840-1924], nephew to Marshall Lefferts) |
circa 1861-1865 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 2 | Cooke, Eliza Lefferts |
circa 1860s-1910s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 3 | Downs, Louise Lefferts |
circa 1900-1920 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 4 | Fanning Family |
circa 1860s-1910s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 5 | Fanning Home (Sterling, IL) |
circa 1860s-1910s | |
| Box: OS 5 | Item : 1 | Hegeman Deed from Peter Stuyvesant: Glass Plate Negative |
Undated | |
| Box: Mold 1 | Item : 1 | Lefferts Bellport House |
Undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 6 | Lefferts, Carrie Alexander and Children (Louise, Eliza) |
circa 1890s-1920s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 7 | Lefferts, Charles and Lizzie (of Iowa) |
circa 1870s-1890s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 8 | Lefferts, Eliza J. |
circa 1860s | |
| Box: Daguerreotypes 4 | Folder : - | Lefferts, Eliza J.: Daguerreotypes |
circa 1860s | |
| Box: OS 6 | Item : 1 | Lefferts Family: Photo Album (small) |
circa 1860s-1900s | |
| Box: OS 6 | Item : 2 | Lefferts Family: Photo Album (large) |
circa 1860s-1900s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 9 | Lefferts Family: Unidentified Persons
GeneralMoved to Oversize Box 4: - One oval photograph on cardboard of man in suit with mustache. |
circa 1860s-1910s | |
| Box: Daguerreotypes 4 | Folder : - | Lefferts Family: Unidentified Persons, Daguerreotypes |
circa 1850s-1900s | |
| Box: Tintypes 1 | Folder : - | Lefferts Family: Unidentified Persons, Tintypes |
circa 1860s-1900s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 10 | Lefferts House
GeneralMoved to Oversize Box 4: - Two photos of Lefferts House (6.5"x4" and 7.5"x10") posted on cardboard |
circa 1910s-1970s | |
| Box: OS 5 | Item : 2 | Lefferts House: Barn, Glass Plate Negative |
Undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 11 | Lefferts House: Carrie Lefferts Photos, Lincoln Road |
circa 1860s-1890s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 12 | Lefferts House: Historic American Building Survey |
1936 | |
| Box: OS 4 | Item : 3 | Lefferts House: Photo Album |
circa 1910s-1930s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 13 | Lefferts, Jacobus (1757-1799) |
Undated | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 14 | Lefferts, James (1855-1911)
GeneralMoved to Oversize Box 6: - One glass negative of James Lefferts in doorway |
circa 1900-1910 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 15 | Lefferts, John (1785-1829) |
Undated | |
| Box: OS 4 | Item : 3 | Long Island Homes: Illustrated Calendar |
1926 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 16 | Picture Postcards |
1904-1911 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 17 | "Polly" [parrot] |
circa 1910s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 18 | Rem Lefferts House (1224 Fulton Ave) |
circa 1900-1910 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 19 | Somers House (Cobham, Virginia) |
circa 1880s-1920s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 20 | Vanderbilt House (of Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt) |
circa 1824-1902 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 21 | Virginia Country Home |
circa 1800s | |
Sub-Series 2: Brooklyn and New York City Graphic Materials, circa 1800s-1939. 0.75 Linear Feet in 1 document box and 2 oversize boxes.
ArrangementMaterials are arranged alphabetically according to description.
Scope and ContentsSub-Series 2: Brooklyn and New York Graphic Materials contains many scenes of Brooklyn and New York City. Many of these images were likely collected by the Daughters of the American Revolution during their stewardship over the Lefferts Historical House Museum. Many of the images are reproductions of etchings which themselves reproduce earlier artwork. Many of the recreated views of Brooklyn, including views of Fulton Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and the Old Stone House at Gowanus, depict scenes from the early to mid 19th Century. Many of the New York city scenes depicted include the New York waterways, such as "The Narrows from Staten Island", "The Ferry at Brooklyn", the view of New York from Staten Island and the view of New York from Weehawken, NJ. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 1 | "The Abbey" (Fulton Avenue near Hudson Avenue, 1835) |
circa 1850s-1870s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 22 | "Brooklyn in 1853" |
circa 1850s-1860s | |
| Box: Mold 2 | Item : 1 | "Brooklyn in Winter" (Francis Guy) |
circa 1800s | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 2 | Brooklyn, View of (1840) |
1865 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 3 | "The Ferry at Brooklyn" |
1839 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 4 | First Dutch Reformed Church ("The Old Bushwick Church L.I. Built in 1711") |
1864 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 5 | Front Street, View of (1820) |
circa 1820s-1830s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 23 | "Labon's Inn" (Flatbush Avenue, 1853) |
1865 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 6 | "The Narrows from Staten Island" |
1837 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 7 | "New York Bay from the Telegraph Station" |
1838 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 24 | New York from Staten Island: "View of..." |
circa 1835 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 8 | New York from Weehawken, View of |
1839 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 9 | "Old Bull's Head, Baker's Tavern" (Atlantic Avenue, 1842) |
1842 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 10 | Old Methodist Church in John Street, "A Correct View of the..." (1768) |
1824 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 11 | "Old Stone House at Gowanus" (1846) |
1904 | |
| Box: Mold 2 | Item : 2 | "Park and City Hall, New York" (by W.H. Bartlett) |
circa 1840s | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 12 | Sheldon and Emburry Family Homes (114 Pierrepont Street and 62 Clark Street) |
circa 1910s-1930s | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 25 | Unidentified Building with Greenhouses |
circa 1850s-1890s | |
Sub-Series 3: Other Graphic Materials, circa 1830s-1880s. 0.5 Linear Feet in 1 document box and 1 oversized box.
ArrangementMaterials are arranged alphabetically according to description.
Scope and ContentsThe Other Graphic Materials sub-series contains images that are not directly related to the Lefferts family and are not necessarily directly related to Brooklyn and New York City. Many of these materials were likely collected by the Fort Greene chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution during their tenure of stewardship over the Lefferts Historic House. Many of the materials in this sub-series are related to the American Revolutionary War. Of particular note are the prints of engravings depicting the Battle of Long Island. There are also several scenic prints of engravings of scenes from around New York State similar to the prints of engravings of scenes from Brooklyn and New York City in Sub-Series 2: Brooklyn and New York City Graphic Materials. |
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| Box 5 |
Folder 26 |
Nathanial Hawthorn (engraving w/ signature), 1854
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| Box: OS 7 | Item : 13 | New York State Scenic Prints
GeneralMoved to Mold Box 2: - "View From the Mountain House Catskills" by W.H. Bartlett and R. Brandard, 1839 |
1837-1838 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 27 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, engraving |
circa 1880 | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 14 | Revolutionary War: Battle of Long Island |
circa 1850s | |
| Box: OS 7 | Item : 15 | Revolutionary War: Capture of Major John Andre |
1845 | |
| Box: 5 | Folder : 28 | Revolutionary War: Figures and Portraits |
circa 1850s | |
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