Collections
Acorn Stove trade cards printed between 1850–1900. The cards were created to advertise Acorn Stoves manufactured by Rathbone and Sard of Albany, NY. The cards feature illustrations of men, women, and children, including some representing stereotypes of African American children.
Materials about the Cayuga and Seneca Canal from the 1840s and 1850s.
Photographs and descriptions of buildings in Glen Cove, Long Island.
Manuscripts recording maritime labor, business, and industry.
Letters received or collected by Samuel Jones from his family, friends, and associates, and Samuel Jones’ diary which he kept from 1821 to 1855.