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1.
Address at the funeral of Louis Loutrel, Esq. senior warden of L'Eglise du Saint Esprit, New York

Creator:
French Church du Saint Esprit (New York, N.Y.)
Verren, Antoine, 1801-1874.
Published / Created:
1862
Call Number:
2000 2389 21
Image Count:
7
Description:
No. 17 of 22 works bound together with binders’ title: Biographical pamphlets.
Publisher:
Francis & Loutrel, printers & stationers
Subject (Name):
Loutrel, Louis, 1785-1862
Subject (Topic):
Church officers --New York (State) --New York --Biography and Protestants --New York (State) --New York --Biography
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Address at the funeral of Louis Loutrel, Esq. senior warden of L'Eglise du Saint Esprit, New York / by Antoine Verren

2.
Gish, Lillian

Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1947 October 28
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers
Container / Volume:
Box 407 | Folder 6330
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission."
Subject (Name):
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gish, Lillian

3.
New York Worlds Fair, 1939

Creator:
Staehle, Albert, 1899-
Published / Created:
[1939?]
Call Number:
BrSides Folio 2006 32
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
The trylon and perisphere are depicted in the background.
Publisher:
Grinnell Litho. Co
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State)
Subject (Name):
New York Worlds Fair (1939-1940)
Subject (Topic):
Architecture., Exhibition buildings., Fireworks, Tour guides (Persons), Women., and World's fairs.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > New York Worlds Fair, 1939

4.
Stage Door Canteen / PFC Criton Williams / Busboy Phil Denman / Junior hostess, Jane White

Creator:
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Published / Created:
1943 August 9
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title:
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Denman, Phil and White, Jane
Subject (Topic):
African American actresses and African American women on television
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Stage Door Canteen / PFC Criton Williams / Busboy Phil Denman / Junior hostess, Jane White

5.
[Cabinet photograph of Millie-Christine wearing striped dress]

Creator:
Eisenmann, Charles, 1850-
Published / Created:
circa 1886-1894
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 100
Collection Title:
Photographs of Millie-Christine.
Container / Volume:
Folder 4
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
A cabinet photograph created by Charles Eisenmann, circa 1886-1894. Eisenmann was a photographer in the Bowery of New York City, circa 1876-1890.
Description:
Acquired from various sources. For more information refer to the material in the collection. and Millie-Christine (1851-1912), also known as Millie McKoy and Christine McKoy were African American conjoined twins and entertainers. Millie-Christine were born on July 11, 1851, to Monemia and Jacob, slaves owned by Jabez McKay on a plantation in Welches Creek, North Carolina. Around eighteen months after their birth, McKay sold the girls to Joseph Pearson Smith (1815-1862) of Wadesboro, North Carolina. Smith and his wife, Mary Aleff Cooper Smith (1822-1893) educated the twins; they could speak five languages, dance, play music, and sing. During their lifetime, Millie-Christine enjoyed a successful career as "The Two-Headed Nightingale." On October 8, 1912, Millie died of tuberculosis, while doctors euthanized Christine.
Subject (Name):
Eisenmann, Charles, 1850-, Millie-Christine, 1851-1912, and Millie-Christine,--1851-1912--Portraits.
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers--Pictorial works, African American singers--Pictorial works., African American women--Pictorial works., African American women--Portraits., Conjoined twins--Pictorial works., and Conjoined twins--Portraits.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Cabinet photograph of Millie-Christine wearing striped dress]