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Storefronts Elmira New York by Diane Janowski. Shopkeepers in Elmira, New York were always proud to pose in front of their stores. Enjoy these beautiful old photographs from the turn of the 20th century. Published by New York History Review

What happened on a normal day to a normal teenager in 1879? Step inside the world of 14-year-old Maggie Wolcott, a teenager in Caton, New York in Steuben County, as she lives her everyday life. "The Sun Shone" invites us into Maggie's world. She writes of school, family life, social life, farm life, girls and boys, and hard work. From New York History Review's "Learning from History" series of printed primary source materials.

A history of Elmira, New York from its earliest colonial days until 1863 written by the Hon. Thomas Maxwell, and the city directory of 1863.

Excerpt from "Harriet Tubman who led slaves to freedom" Slavery wherever it exists is an evil. In 1619 slavery was introduced into North America when twenty Africans were landed in the state of Virginia. There are now in the United States of America 13, 000, 000 descendants of these slaves who have been free men and women since the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln in 1863. This is the story of one of these former slaves.

A beautiful special reprinted edition of "Zim's Foolish History of Horseheads" by Eugene Zimmerman. This book was first published in 1911.

The Park Church Souvenir Cookbook of 1906 Issued by the Ladies of the Park Church in Elmira, New York in 1906. Recipes include Mrs. Beecher's Beets, Mrs. Sylvester French's Clam Chowder, Mrs. Werdenberg's Creamed Spanish Onions, Mrs. James Stowell's Yellow Cornmeal Muffins, Mrs. Eastman's Mock Cherries, Mrs. Hosmer Billing's Spider Cake, Mrs. Ferdinand Wycoff's Waffles, Mrs. L.C. Gridley's Puff Pudding, Mrs. J. E. Larkin's Chocolate Cake, Mr...

Wonderful postcard and photographic views of Elmira, New York in beautiful Chemung County. Vintage images date from the 1850s to the 1940s. Travel back in time with ChemungHistory.com's series of postcard and photographic books. More than 140 color images including views of Elmira - streets, buildings, post office, factories, Steele Memorial Library, Elmira City Hall, Chemung County Courthouse, the Armory, Arnot-Odgen Hospital, Star-Gazette, R...

The best way to start in the poultry business is to begin with two pairs of the best birds (not related) that you can afford to purchase. When the details of our system are carefully followed, and the breeding stock is right, it will be perfectly safe to handle as large a business as you can provide." You, too, can raise chickens in a vacant lot.

A history of the New York counties of Chemung, Tioga, Tompkins, Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Cayuga, Seneca, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates, Ontario, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Monroe, Chautauqua, Orleans, Bradford, Northumberland, Tioga, Lycoming, Potter, and McKean, giving descriptions of old-time customs, hunting, and fishing, raisings, political campaigns, etc., together with descriptions of mountain scenery, coal mines, canals, railroads, villages, ...

Good 1910 advice from Eugene Zimmerman on how to make it BIG in the art world, well, the cartoon and caricature world. Hundreds, if not thousands of good practices and ideas for the budding artist. Stuff one needs to know. The business of art at its finest!

My Bondage and My Freedom" is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass first published in 1855. It is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass and is mainly an expansion of his first, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. The book depicts in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty. Reprinted by New York History Review, 2022.

A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty by Diedrich Knickerbocker (also known as Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York) is an 1809 book on the history of New York City by Washington Irving. Reprinted by New York History Review.

A beautiful special reprinted edition of "In Dairyland" by Eugene Zimmerman. This book was first published in 1929 in conjunction with the Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Newtown (near Elmira, NY) in central New York State.

The Negro Motorist Green Book (also The Negro Motorist Green-Book, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or simply the Green Book) was an annual guidebook for African-American road trippers. Initially published by Victor Hugo Green from 1936 to 1966, when open discrimination against African Americans and other non-whites was widespread.Restored and reprinted by New York History ReviewNewYorkHistoryReviewBookstore.com

Twelve Years a Slave" is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup and edited by David Wilson. Northup, a black man, born free in New York state, details his being tricked into going to Washington, D.C., where he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. He was in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before he was able to secretly get information to friends and family in New York, who in turn secured his release ...

Once thought more, I wish you all to lay to heart, practicing yourselves and teach it to your children. It is this: neither we nor any other people will ever be respected until we respect ourselves, and we will never respect ourselves until we have the means to live respectably. An exceptionally poor and dependent people will be despised by the opulent surroundings, and despise themselves."- Frederick Douglass' Speech in Elmira, New York - Aug...

Narrative written by Frederick Douglass about his journey from slavery to free man. First published in 1845, newly reprinted by New York History Review.

New York History Reviews's annual printed issue for writers who specialize in local histories of New York State. Many of your local historical societies don't have the resources to provide a platform for publishing your local history article. Well, we do.Our 2020 authors include Richard White, Harvey Strum, Lawrence Freund, George Kotlik, Paul Lubienecki, Zachary Finn, Anthony Ruggiero, Martin A. Sweeney, Rick Reynolds, Michael Mauro DeBonis, ...

In 1765 Mary Rowlandson was captured in Massachusetts by Native Americans during King Philip's War. She was held for eleven weeks. This is her story of the ordeal.

Reprinted by New York History Review.Excerpted from "Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779" by Frederick Cook. Contributed by Thomas R. Bard.