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| Julius R. Mitchell, 154-156 Main St., Bristol CT |
Its location, however, was easier to spot on the 1899 panorama:
The Mitchell's lent a hand with the operations of the "House of Industry and Home for the Friendless," a temporary home for destitute women, as reported in Google Books:
| Title | Advocate of Moral Reform and Family Guardian, Volume 19, p. 176 |
| Contributor | American Female Guardian Society |
| Publisher | American Female Guardian Society, 1853 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 24, 2008 |
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| reverse of an Ehrichs' card |
| Title | Puck, Volume 12, p.143 |
| Publisher | Puck Publishing Company, 1882 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | Mar 11, 2015 |
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| Notice the similarity between this and the J.R. Mitchell card above. |
The Ehrichs' store was a great success. After several years at the 8th Ave. location, the Ehrichs opened a new store on 6th Ave., expanding one unit at a time until they occupied almost the entire block, as related by Christopher Gray in his 12 February 1995 article in the New York Times "Streetscapes" series. Ehrichs' store closed in 1911.
Google Street View in July 2011 shows off the Ehrichs' building on a sunny day (Those that click this link will notice that there are several year's worth of Street Views available for this particular location--a great feature of Google Street View!):
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| Ehrichs building occupied by Burlington Coat Factory as of 2011 Google Street View |
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| Google Street View reveals ornamental details, 2014 |
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| George V. Hecker & Co., NYC, Boston MA, Philadelphia PA |
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| from trade card in Historic New England collection, 1876 |
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| portal to Cherry St. The Croton Flour Mills neighborhood has changed. (Manhattan Bridge via Google Street View June 2014) |
| Title | ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK: THE METROPOLIS OF TO-DAY (1888) |
| Published | 1888, p.188 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 17, 2006 |
Isaac Thomas Hecker and his older brother, George Valentine Hecker, had a great deal to do with the founding of the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle, as recorded in the history of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle prepared by the Landmarks Preservation Commission:
"In the late 1850s, construction of Central Park was just beginning and the blocks surrounding the site of the future church were mostly undeveloped. For a brief time, the Paulist Fathers rented a small frame house at 14 West 60th Street, between Eighth and Ninth Avenues,10 which temporarily functioned as a chapel and residence. Hecker soon began to solicit funds from city residents, as well as from members of the national clergy, to erect a church and convent. Leading donors included Father Joseph Early of Georgetown College in Washington D.C. and George V(alentine) Hecker (1818-1888), Father Hecker’s older brother and founder of Croton Flour Mills, for which the Heckers brand of flour is named."
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| June 2011 Google Street View, Church of St. John the Apostle 8 Columbus Ave., NYC |
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