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1. 2015.7.1 - Photograph

   The first Foreign Trade Zone in the United States opened in Stapleton on February 1, 1937. These Zones were created to help companies reduce or delay duty payments on foreign merchandise to encourage economic activity in the United States. Netherlands East Indies tobacco interests financed a tobacco storage building called American Frascati in Staten Island's zone. The engineers Walter Jordan and his partners Arthur Dean and Frederick Safford bui...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 59.R.0759 - Photograph

   From a series of aerial photographs commissioned by Borough President Cornelius Hall and taken by W.O. Davies, this photograph depicts construction work taking place near Crooke's Point in Great Kills. In 1934, City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses spearheaded a project to use city waste to fill in the salt meadow that connected Crooke's Point to Staten Island and to build Marine Park, now Great Kills Park, on top of the newly-filled wetland. At t...

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3. HHC899.5 - Negative, Film

   The first garbage scow arrived at Fresh Kills landfill in 1947. Three years later, environmentalist and wildlife photographer Howard Henderson Cleaves was documenting the damage to the Fresh Kills wetlands in Greenridge, Staten Island, when he came upon a group of people fishing. The series of photos beautifully documents the significance of the ponds at Greenridge, which Staten Islanders used for both recreation and sustenance.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. HP 84.75.288 - Postcard

   Front Cover: "Sky Line of Lower New York" "Photo Only Copyright, 1907, by A. Loeffler, N.Y. Design Copyright 1908, by Citizens Tunnel Com. of Staten Island, N.Y." "Sectional View of Tunnel Tubes under the Narrows as per plan of Chief Engineer Seaman of the Public Service Commission for the First District" The Citizen Tunnel Committee of Staten Island advocated for a subway tunnel connecting Staten Island to the rest of New York City. The po...

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. HP L1984.75.474 - Postcard

   Front Cover: "Grymes Hill, Stapleton, Staten Island, N.Y. Publ. by W.J. Grimshaw." Description: Sepia tone postcard of a large house or mansion set high on a hill overlooking the water and town below it. Back Cover: "Horrmann House The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y."

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. K L140.65 - Photograph

   William A. Morris (1877 - 1951), pictured second from the left, owned the largest moving company on Staten Island in the 1940s. He grew the business over several decades, beginning with horses and carriages and evolving to vans. Morris shared his success, becoming an engaged community leader. He contributed significantly to the construction of Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal Church in West Brighton and was a founder of Staten Island's Chapter ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. WTD 1806 - Negative, Film

   A series of images in the Museum's photography collection appear to be, at first glance, simply rather charming. The images feature boulders in wooded places with a man's hat placed on top. In actuality, this was William T. Davis' method for recording glacial erratics, large boulders moved to Staten Island from upstate New York and Canada by the Wisconsin glacier. When he took the pictures, he placed whatever hat he was wearing on top to act as a...

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. WTD 3123 - Postcard

   PC cover says: "Miller Field, U.S. Air Service New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. 1933" Cover depicts a sepia tone image of Miller Field in New Dorp. Air plane hangars and two air planes are seen. This is land once owned by William H. Vanderbilt which he used to farm. Back cover: " Published by Weitzman's Photo Shop, Stapleton, S.I., N.Y. Post Cards of Quality.--The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y." Miller Field belonged the Vanderbilt Family fr...

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. WTD 5407 - Postcard

   Front Cover: "Vanderbilt Mausoleum, Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp. Staten Island, N.Y." Publ. by W.J. Grimshaw Description: Sepia-tone postcard of a large mausoleum with steps leading up to entrances under three arches. Ivy covers some of the structure. Trees surround the Vanderbilt mausoleum. Back Cover: "The Albertype Co. Brooklyn, N.Y." The Vanderbilt Mausoleum was built as the centerpiece of the Vanderbilt family’s private cemetery, adjace...

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. WTD A4304 - Photograph

    Front Cover: Black and white copy negative of the Staten Island Bird Club during a walk. Marion Olwig is third from the left. Mathilde Weingartner is forth from the left. Charles W. Leng is center in the rear. Trees are directly behind them. Back of Photo: "S.I. Bird Club Davis Photo July 10, 1926. Walk from New Dorp across the fields to 'Old Mill Rd.' & then to Cedar Grove Beach to bun...

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. WTD DN10.2 - Photograph

    Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) was an innovator in the field of landscape architecture. He is widely known for his design of Central Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Olmsted lived in a colonial era farmhouse in the Eltingville neighborhood of Staten Island in the mid-1800s. After Olmsted left, local entrepreneur Erastus Wiman purchased the estate and turned it into a summer resort called Woods of Arden. It is now a New York Cit...

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12. WTD FIC140 - Photograph

    Known as the "cicadaman," William T. Davis was the world expert in cicadas during the early 20th century. He described over 150 different kinds of cicada, including many species new to science. His reputation was so well-known that researchers from around the country and around the world sent him cicadas to identify and add to his collection. As a result, the Staten Island Museum has one of the world's largest collections of cicadas.

    Record Type: Photo