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Search for new york city directory under texts to find several editions of trows and longworths along with a number of other topical directories. Jan 21, 2020 the city directories, which were acquired in leo hershkowitzs 2007 donation to the library, span the years 1806 to 1928 with gaps. Brooklyn public library has digitized brooklyn city and business directories, and telephone books for the period 18561967. The phone books, and in the pretelephone era, city directories, contain valuable information such as names, addresses, and sometimes. Description new york city directories record the names and addresses of city residents, businesses, churches, schools, police stations, courts, and other government offices, as well as the names of individuals associated with those institutions. City and telephone directories genealogy basics research.
Cushman photography collection indiana university archives amateur photographer charles w. Manhattan white pages manhattan phone directory lookup. This collection is accessible via internet archive and allows for fulltext searching within each volume. Helpful information about your telephone service manhattan. Aggieville archives aggieville archives was created to help. Trows general directory of the boroughs of manhattan and bronx, city of new york 1909. Cushman traveled extensively in the us and abroad, capturing daily life from 1938 to 1969. Many directories include listings for nearby communities that may not be listed within the inventory. Manhattan and the bronx are listed together, brooklyn and queens. Before we had phone books, they were were known as a city directory.
New york citys road to the 1940 federal census begins here. Queens telephone directory the new york public library digital collections. Queens telephone directory nypl digital collections. United states telephone directories, 18832010 size. Color photos of manhattan in the 1940s business insider. New york white pages phone books in new york ny whitepages. Publication date 1940 topics brooklyn, ny, telephone directories publisher new york telephone company. Kansas telephone and city directories kansas historical. Oct 06, 2016 indexes and other finding aids enumeration district maps geographic descriptions of census enumeration districts instructions to enumerators occupation and industry classifications 1940 city directories available at nara find census enumeration district numbers using stephen p. Please note that the volumes are fragile and must be read in book cradles. To see what cities are included in each phone book, check out the cross directory. New york directories at include city directories, phone books and white pages for major cities and surrounding areas. Socsecdeathindex newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides newadditions directories institutions yearbooks. Telephone directories from various states across the united states, dating from 1883 to 2010.
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Plow, in which homer takes up work as a snowplow operator, the ad he takes out on television shows the simpsons phone number as klondike 53226. I would have thought that at least one of my greatgrandparents or grandparents or numerous other relatives would of have had their evergreen 9 digits listed. The welcome to 1940s new york website from the cuny graduate center provides photos, colorcoded maps, statistics, and a brief narrative for 116 survey areas approximations of the neighborhoods we know today based on the 1940 census and a market analysis published in 1943 by four local newspapers. Manhattan and the bronx are listed together, brooklyn and queens are listed together, and richmond staten island has its own list. City directories are published books that contained lists of names and addresses for people in a specific town or city for a particular year. Brooklyn public library just made new york history buffs very happy. San pedro and wilmington phone directory, southern california telephone company, august 1946 free torrance public library bellflower and mayfair city directories. The new york public library is introducing a new research tool to help track down past city residents through old telephone directories. Winter 1928 is a combined manhattan bronx directory. May 05, 2008 home phone service cable internet cable tv in manhattan costs. City directories on microfilm or microfiche and selected telephone books and county directories on microfilm are filed in cabinets in the 7th floor microforms area. A description of the library of congress telephone directory holdings related to the state of new york. The 1940 united states federal census is the largest census released to date and the most recent census available for public access.
Socsecdeathindex newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides. New york public library is digitizing its collection of new york city directories, 1786 through 19223, serving them free through the nypl digital collections portal. Data presented here comes from the new york public library. These incredible black and white photographs, which document everyday life in new york city, are a glimpse back at this era. We use cookies on this site to enhance the visitor experience. New york city directories nypl digital collections. New york city, new york online historical directories. Irma and paul milstein division of united states history, local history and genealogy, the new york public library. Manhattan telephone directory, new york telephone company, 1940 free.
Publication of these large books began in the 1900s. The first batch184950 through 1923have already been scanned, and the 178618489 directories are right now being scanned. Nyc city directories manhattan and parts of the bronx. There is little little i can say about this, for it is explained by the title. The white pages and the yellow pages are indicated as wp and yp respectively. You may search for any first name, occupation, phone number, street name, etc. To search by name, directory, year, or keyword, go to ancestrys u. You may also do lookups either numerically, alphabetically, by street address, etc.
The kansas historical society research collections contain both published city directories and telephone books for the state of kansas. Charles eric gordon, an unusual breed of lawyer who has made a career of tracking down missing persons, recently clutched a 50yearold phone book as if it were a. New york city in the 1940s was buzzing with activity, with the population of manhattan almost reaching 2 million inhabitants. Manhattan and bronx borough directories, trow, 1910 free dons list. Telephone directories contain addresses and phone numbers and can be quite helpful in locating living relatives or possible relatives with the same surname or a similar surname. Call number recap 1229922 physical description v language materials in english preferred citation. New york city including all boroughs telephone directory. The creative destruction of manhattan, 1900 1940 historical studies of urban america.
Aggieville archives is a place to help you remember, learn about, and research days gone by in the aggieville shopping district in manhattan, kansas. A microfiche collection of telephone books for many u. Our new york telephone directories range from 1930s to 1970s. A book crammed with details that bring life again to a city that glows in ones memory. Collection is arranged alphabetically state by state, and then by city. The phone company in most cities publishes a directory of everyone in that area who has a listed phone number. Accessing 1940 nyc phonebooks in one step, stephen p. Telephone directories list adult residents, their addresses, and their phone numbers. Kansas censuses are available at the kansas historical society from 1855 through 1930 on microfilm. Use our 1940 nyc telephone directories to find his address. Find 26 listings related to new york taxi 1940 in new york on. Aug 15, 2016 internet links to email and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information.
There were about 50 of us irishcatholics here then. United states telephone directories, general research division, the new york public library. Manhattan telephone directory, new york telephone company, 1940. Earlier years, beginning with 1878, are on reels that include all of new york. Premium search members can also view a list of 50 classified ad pages. Online phone book lookup any phone number in the u. Suppose you are looking for john h fedeler, livein superintendent at the new york public library, 1910 1940. Brooklyn, new york city, telephone directory internet archive.
Helpful information about your telephone service manhattan 1940. On i love lucy, whenever lucy or ricky ricardo gave out their phone. I am really loving looking up the greenpoint family of 78 years ago and i am surprised to see we are not listed. Digitized brooklyn city directories the new york public. But better yet all the text is fully searchable by keywords such as name, occupation, business, street name, address, phone number, etc.
United states telephone directories ii summary title. New nypl feature allows access to 1940 nyc telephone books. Brooklyn, new york city, telephone directory by new york telephone company. Morse, san francisco bronx brooklyn manhattan queens staten island last name data presented here comes from the new york public library. It describes how a linotype works, shows proofreading, lockup, printing, binding, paper cutting, stereotyping, and gluing. City directories and selected telephone books on microfilm and microfiche.
Internet links to email and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information. City directories can help you to establish your ancestors residence in a certain place at a certain time, and they can give information about a persons occupation, home address, name of a spouse, and names of neighbors. History, local history and genealogy, microforms rm. The manhattan alphabetical phone directory 1940s on vimeo. Manhattan and bronx business directory, trow, 1909 free internet archive part i beginning through hall, geo. The city of manhattan is located in the state of ks. United states telephone directories, 1883 2010 recap 12. Kansas telephone and city directories what are telephone and city directories.
The release of this new feature coincides with the first. Morris conveys the excitement of being in new york city as it awakens to a new age in a book that will absorb all lovers of manhattan. In 1958, due to increased consumer demand for individual telephone numbers, the telephone company began phasing out old exchange names for all numeric telephone numbers or all number calling pretty much gone by 1963. New york city city directories search this guide search. Manhattan telephone directory, 1940 issue additional title. Bothell in seattle suburban south directory 19741983, 1985. We have compiled the ultimate database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family members. All pages have been ocrd and are fully text searchable, using the adobe reader search feature. Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online phone book and directory.
New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york. Publication date 1950 topics brooklyn, ny, telephone directories publisher new york telephone company collection brooklynpubliclibrary. The whole collection will be going online over the coming months. Generally a city directory will contain an alphabetical list of its citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information. The creative destruction of manhattan, 1900 1940 historical studies of urban america page, max on. Manhattan phone book and manhattan phone directory makes searching for businesses and people in manhattan easy by providing an online business and residential phonebook and phone directory in manhattan. Brooklyn public library, brooklyn collection language english volume 1940 august alphabetical telephone directory covering the borough of brooklyn. City and telephone directories genealogy basics research guide. Includes directories for bronx county, kings county brooklyn, new york county manhattan, queens county, and richmond county staten island expand your research by checking out the new york online historical newspapers here. Manhattan telephone directory nypl digital collections. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of americans in 1940, with details about a households occupants that include birthplaces, occupations, education, citizenship, and income. Microfilmed telephone directories for manhattan for 19421949, 1953, and 19571961 may be found in the milstein division of u. Secondary cities, towns, and localities are also included. The first telephone directory was published in 1878, though many people did.
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