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This folder contains no. 32 (of 75 copies) of Edwin R. Purple's Contributions to the History of the Kip Family of New York and New Jersey. New York: Privately Printed, 1877. The book includes manuscript notes throughout the text and a number of additional documents laid in and pasted in at the front of the volume (now removed and foldered for preservation purposes). It is also inscribed to Mrs. Emma L. Schuyler with the affectionate regards of the author.

Items removed from the front of the volume and foldered include:

Photograph of Columbus Circle by Edwin Levick, [1920s?]

Manuscript notes: "Colonial Schuyler line for Mrs. Lestrade" (4 pages), detailed genealogical notes tracing Charles Peter Schuyler's ancestors back to 17th-century Holland

Printed form with manuscript additions notifying Charles H. Close that he has been admitted to the New York Historical Society as a resident member, dated March 5, 1856 and signed by Samuel Osgood (1 page)

Letter signed from Antonia [Beraud?] to her nephew James, written from La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, [1881 or later] (6 pages), "Translation" at top of first page, letter discusses the history of the Lestrade family

Printed receipt with manuscript additions recording that Charles H. Close paid $50 on March 24, 1856 to become a life member of the New-York Historical Society, signed by G.H. Moore for W. Chauncey

Manuscript notes: "Pedigree of Mary N. Close and Emma L. Schuyler" (1 page), with small cut outs of the Schuyler and Kip family crests

Inscription quoted above from Purple to Emma L. Schuyler

This folder includes ephemera and photographs related to Schuyler Lestrade and his family. Contents include:

Business card of Schuyler Lestrade, President of Hydrox Chemical Co.

Two Antiques Roadshow bookmarks, "Pottery & Porcelain" and "Arms & Militaria"

Family tree of Schuyler Lestrade

Photographs of the Lestrade family:

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a baby [probably Schuyler Lestrade or one of his brothers] by Rockwood, undated [late 1800s?]

Group head-and-shoulders portrait of the Lestrade children, Schuyler, Louis, and Harold James, in December 1896 by Hargrave

Full-length photograph of a man in athletic attire on a field [Lestrade brother?]

2 snapshots of boys and a man with a dog [Lestrade family?]

Photograph of men by an early car

6 photographs of sporting events featuring men [Lestrade brothers?] at a track meet and sitting and standing on a field

Photograph of a Black boy with two dogs

Full-length portrait of a young man [Lestrade brother?] in a uniform and hat

Two men [Lestrade brothers?] standing next to an early plane, the man on the right in uniform

Formerly a photo album, this collection of 77 photographs of early planes and pilots has been disbound and rehoused in mylar sheets. The bulk of the photographs document planes on the ground and in flight, including planes that have crashed. Most of the planes are single propeller biplanes that probably date from the 1910s. Many of the photos include men wearing uniforms, suggesting that these photos may be from World War I. Schuyler Lestrade appears in some of the photos.