Series II: Negatives
Scope and Contents note
Series II. Negatives is arranged into subseries: 4 x 5 Inch Negatives, 5 x 7 Inch Negatives, 5 x 8 Inch Negatives, and 8 x 10 Inch Negatives, each of which is arranged by geographic location.
The subjects covered include historic buildings in New York City such as the Century or Nagel House in Inwood, the Dyckman House in Inwood, Fort Tryon Park, Hamilton Grange and St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the home of the High Rock Gang at Fifth Avenue and 116th Street, the burying ground and Hunt Mansion at Hunts Point, the Morris-Jumel House, the Poe Cottage in Fordham, the Schenk House in Jamaica Queens, Split Rock at Pelham Bay Park, the Van Cortlandt House and Mill at Van Cortlandt Park. Staten Island sites include the Billop House, Cement House, Cubberly House, Fountain House, Gifford House, Guyon-Clark House, Kreutzen-Pelton House, Lake-Tysen House, Latourette Farm, and St. Andrews Church.
The collection also contains a dozen views of the Inwood neighborhood in Manhattan, views of the Spuyten Duyvil Creek and Spuyten Duyvil Ship Canal during construction, High Bridge, and the Washington Bridge.
Photographs of historic buildings outside of New York City include Washington's Headquarters and the Wick House in Morristown, New Jersey, Van Cortlandt Manor House on the Croton River in Harmon, New York, Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh, New York, the Old Dutch Church and Philipsburgh Manor in Sleepy Hollow, New York, the old '76 Stonehouse in Tappan, New York, West Point, Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Also included are views of the Benedict Arnold House, Carpenters' Hall, and Independence Hall in Philadelphia.