Series I. Family photographs and documents, 1860-2004, inclusive

Cabinet card portrait of Catherine "Katie" King by Bloomingdale Bros., 59th St. & 3rd Ave., N.Y. Identified (verso) as "Aunt Katie King (Uncle Henry['s] Katie) / Died on the Scolum [sic] / June 15, 1904 / Were going to be married / Sept 15, 1904."

A notation (verso) by N-YHS staff reads: "b. 1888 [sic] in Ireland lived 311 E 37th St / fiancée of Henry Liebenow." Henry Liebenow died in 1900, so Katie King was more likely engaged to marry Henry Wulf (1876-1912), brother of Anna (Wulf) Liebenow. According to her death certificate, Catherine King was 26 when she died on June 15, 1904. That places her birth circa 1878.

Cabinet card portrait of Anna Liebenow in her christening gown. Identified (verso) as "Anna / 3 month old / 3 year old / time of Scolum [sic]." (According to her baptism certificate in Box 2, Folder 1, Anna was christened on February 20, 1901.) A duplicate of this photograph is framed with images of Anna's sisters in Box 1, Folder 3.

A single frame holding three cabinet card portraits of the daughters of Paul and Anna (Wulf) Liebenow in their christening gowns, identified (verso) as:

[left] "Anna Christina Liebenow / Born Jan 1st / 1901." Unidentifed photographer.

[center] "Adella Martha Liebenow / Born Nov. 28, 1903." Frank Wuttge, Photographic Art Studio, 920 Third Avenue, New York.

[right] "Helen Henrietta Liebenow / Born August 18, 1898." Continental Photo Gallery, 794 Third Avenue, Bet. 48th & 49th Sts., New York.

The photograph of Anna is identical to the one in Box 1, Folder 2. The photograph of Helen is the same as the one identified as sister Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon in Box 1, Folder 19.

Baptism certificate for Anna Christine Liebenow. Ceremony performed by Dr. Edward F. Moldehnke, Pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New York.

Cabinet card portrait (right-facing profile) of Anna (Wulf) Liebenow by A. Kyle, 1316 Third Ave., N.Y. Identified (verso) as "Mama."

Cabinet card portrait (left-facing profile) of Anna (Wulf) Liebenow by A. Kyle, 1316 Third Ave., N.Y., Bet. 75th and 76th Streets. Identified (verso) as "Mama."

Confirmation certificate of Anna Christiane Wulf. Ceremony performed by Dr. Edward F. Moldehnke, Pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New York.

Birthday card to "Aunt Annie" from Emma and Frank Weber, dated, simply, 1904. Anna (Wulf) Liebenow was born in New York on January 26, 1872.

Cabinet card portrait, with copy print, of Heinrich / Henry Liebenow by W. Fricke, Photographer, 50 Bowery, Above Atlantic Garden, New York. Identified (recto and verso) as "Grandpa Liebenow."

Marriage certificate for Heinrich Liebenow and Henriette Pisch, issued at New York City.

Issued by the Superior Court of the City of New York.

Cabinet card portrait of Helen Liebenow as an infant in her carriage. Identified (verso) as "Sister Helen / 1 year old / 6 years in Aug / died on Scolum [sic]." Another copy of this photograph appears in the scrapbook in Box 4.

Cabinet card portrait of Helen Liebenow as an infant in her carriage. Identified (on scrapbook page) as "Our Helen." Identical to the photograph in Box 1, Folder 8.

Cabinet card photograph of two small girls on a doorstep, both holding brooms. The taller girl is identified (recto) as "Helen." An N-YHS staff notation (verso) suggests the other child is possibly Anna Liebenow.

Baptism certificate for "Helene Henriette" Liebenow. Ceremony performed by Dr. A. B. Moldenke.

Carte-de-visite portrait of Henriette (Pisch) Liebenow identified (on scrapbook page) as "Grama Liebenow."

Issued to "Henriette Lisette Alvine Pisch" at Bergen, Germany.

Cabinet card portrait, with copy print, of Henry Liebenow, by H. Schoerry, 43 Ave. A., N.Y. Identified (verso) as "Uncle Henry Liebenow."

Cabinet card portrait of Martha Liebenow by Winslow, 274 Grand Street, New York. Identified (verso) as "Aunt Martha Liebenow / Died on the Scolum [sic] / June 15, 1904 / 29 years old."

Cabinet card portrait, with copy print, of Paul Liebenow by H. Schoerry, 43 Ave. A., N.Y. Cabinet card identified (recto & verso) as "Papa." Copy print identified as "Papa Liebenow."

Certificate recording the marriage of Paul Liebenow and Anna Christiane Wulf on September 15, 1896, by Dr. Edward F. Moldehnke, Pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, New York.

Organization of Gen'l Slocum Survivors, certificate of sympathy issued to Anna C. (Wulf) Liebenow on the death of her husband, Paul Liebenow.

Cabinet card portrait of Anna "Annie" (Liebenow) Weber by Jacks Studio, 136 Bowery, N.Y. Identified (verso) as "Aunt Annie / Liebenow Weber / Died June 9, 1905 / was on the Scolum [sic] / Died June / 1905 / from effects of / Scolum [sic]."

For Annie Weber's personal account of the General Slocum disaster, see John Wesley Hanson, New York's Awful Excursion Boat Horror (1904), 193-196, available online and at the New-York Historical Society under call number F128 VK1257.G4 H3.

Cabinet card portrait of Emma Weber by I. [or J.] Klein, 61 Ave. A, New York. Identified (verso) as "Cousin Emma Weber / Died on Scolum [sic] June 15, 1904 / 10 years old."

Cabinet card portrait of Frank Charles Weber by Frank Wuttge, Successor to Bach, 27 Ave. A, New York. Identified (verso) as "Uncle Frank Weber / was on the Scolum [sic] saved / badly bunt [burnt]."

Cabinet card portrait of Frank Weber Jr. by Henry D. Schoerry, 43 Avenue A, New York. Identified (verso) as "June 15, 1904 / Frank Weber / Died on the Scolum [sic] / 7 year old cousin."

Cabinet card portrait of Frank Weber Jr., wearing 18th-century court costume and wig, by I. [or J.] Klein, Photographer, 61 Avenue A, New York. Identified (on scrapbook page) as "Cousin Frank."

Cabinet card portrait of Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon in her christening gown by Continental Photo Gallery, 794 Third Avenue, Bet. 48th & 49th Sts., New York. Identified (verso) as "Dolly / 3 months old." This image is identical to the one identified as sister Helen Liebenow (1898-1904) in Box 1, Folder 3.

Framed studio portrait of Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon by Schaidner, 183 E. 124, N.Y. Identified (verso) as "Adella Liebenow / Dolly / 18 months old / unveiling Scolum [sic] Monument / June 15, 1905." [New-York Historical Society negative no. 86693d.]

Studio portrait of Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon by Schaidner, 183 E. 124, N.Y. Identified (verso) as "Adella Liebenow / 18 months old time of unvailing [sic] / June 15, 1905."

Cabinet card portrait of Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon. Identified (verso) as "5 years old / Dolly / 65 E 122 Street / NY."

Studio portrait of Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon by H. Mallison, 180 E. 82nd St., N.Y. Identified (inside protective cover) as "13 years old 1917 / Dolly." Adella is holding a rolled scroll so this photograph likely commemorates her graduation from grammar school or junior high school.

Proof portrait of the wedding party of James and Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon by Underwood & Underwood. The couple married at Watchung, New Jersey, June 28, 1930.

Collage of General Slocum disaster images, dedicated "To Adella on her 95th birthday" from Kathy Jolowicz, Zion-St. Mark's Church Historian.

Eight color photographs of Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon attending General Slocum memorial events in Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan, All Faiths (formerly Lutheran) Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, and Trinity Lutheran Church, also in Middle Village.

Certified copy, issued by the Bureau of Records and Statistics, Department of Health, The City of New York, November 9, 1962.

Poetry book inscribed "To Adella from the Scolumn [Slocum], December 25, 1912." With a poem by Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon, "The Barefoot Boy," on the front flyleaf.

Ceremony performed by Rev. G. Daeuble, Pastor, St. Peter's German Lutheran Church, Plainfield, New Jersey.

Five certificates awarded to Adella (Liebenow) Wotherspoon by the Garden Club of Watchung [New Jersey] (1980), Garden Club of New Jersey (1983, 1991), National Council of State Garden Clubs, Central Atlantic Region (1992), and the Blue Star Memorial Highway Council (1996).

Issued by Higgins Home for Funerals, Watchung, New Jersey.

Issued to Heinrich Wilhelm Friedrich "Wulff."

Issued to Heinrich "Wulff" at Lubeck, Germany.

Issued by the Court of Common Pleas, New York.

Certificate commemorating the 25th anniversary of the marriage of "Heinrich Fr. Wilh. Wulf" and "Helene Christiane Brauer" at New York City on September 15, 1867.

Funeral remembrance card for Helene (Brauer) Wulf. Identified (on scrapbook page) as "Grama Wulf."

Organization of Gen'l Slocum Survivors, certificate of sympathy issued to Anna C. (Wulf) Liebenow, on the death of her brother, Henry Wulf.