H4824 Woodrow Methodist Episcopal Church - The first Methodist Episcopal Church built on Staten Island
1787 - was rebuilt in 1842, Woodrow, Staten Island
H4825 Monument to Father Boehm in the Methodist Episcopal Church Graveyard - Woodrow
Staten Island
H4832 Groups of children in the vicinity of Graniteville Methodist Episcopal Church, with
hardly any clothes on, in the very hot weather, Staten Island
H4833 Group of children keeping themselves cool under a pray of water
during the very hot weather, Graniteville, S.I.
H4840 St. James Methodist Episcopal Church, Rosebank, Staten Island
H4841 Trinty Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1912. The finest church on Staten
Island in general equipment. Warren R. Niff, Pastor, West Brighton, Staten
Is.
H4848 Two blocks from Madison Street. This ancient fire trap of a
tenement house is occupied by tramps, Chicago, IL 1918
H4849 "Driftwood on the Tide of Life." A "has been" for whom Life holds
no interest and whose existence is but a pathetic hopelessness. One of the
Fruits of Alcohol's harvest. Chicago, IL 1918
H4850 Selling ice cream to help pay for the new Church. Chicago, IL 1918
H4851 "Drifters" studying the signs in front of an employment agency on
Madison Street, Chicago, IL
H4852 Italian girl of better class, Chicago, IL 1918
H4853 In the Italian Quarter playiing in the filthy gutter on South Morgan
St., Chicago, IL
H4854 Colored Boy Scouts returning from a hike out, South Chicago, IL 1918
H4855 "Death Corner" in the Italian Quarter where it is said there has
been a murder every two weeks or oftener for the past eight years. The
murderers are very rarely caught. Mission work of a very decided character
should be established here. Chicago, IL 1918
H4923 Italian Mission, where the pastor has a community Mission and with
little or no means has secured 3 old sewing machines for the teaching of
sensible dressmaking, also fitted up part of the basement as a manual
training dept. for boys with but one work bench, Moline, IL 1918
H4936 Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church where it is planned to establish another
Morgan Memorial for Chicago's "Down and out" population, Chicago, IL 1918
H4940 A general view of the John Deere Plow and Turn Machinery Plants,
Moline, IL 1918
H4941 Part of the John Deere Factories showing the of houses occupied by
the common laborers most of whom are foreigners, Moline, IL 1918
H4942 View of the Mississippi River. This is one of the great Industrail
centers and should have intensive Christian work on a much larger scale
than at present found, Moline, IL 1918
H4951 First Methodist Episcopal Church, Kankakee, IL
H4952 Sears Roebuck and Co.'s factory ay Kankakee. This is Americas largest
mail order house, selling exclusively to Americans; Montgomery-- Ward
having most of the export trade, IL 1918
H4957 Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Kankakee, IL
H4958 In the Italian section of Springfield, showing one of the 200 saloons that went out of business when the people under local option voted "dry." Everybody is recognizing the wonderful moral uplift of the city and there is no danger of the saloon ever coming back in Springfield. A mission should by all means be started here. IL 1918
H4965 Keeley Institute, famous for its cure of drunkiness and drug using.
Prohibition and the war have reduced the number of patients to 25% of the
pre-war crowd and there are plans discussed for turning the plant into a
rest-cure sanitarium, Dwight, IL 1918
H4966 Northern end of Italian Bldg. showing War Design which is situated
on top of the store about 25 feet high, from the ground. Corner of Buay and
23rd St. N.Y.C
H4974 Using the "lucky wheel" to sell War Saving Stamps. This wheel was
used quite extensively, but in some places the police objected to its use.
N.Y.C.
H4979 New church- at Roselle Park will be dedicated May 1st. Newark N.J.
H4987 First Methodist Episcopal Church Woodrow, Staten Island
H5002 Wheadon Methodist Episcopal Church, where it is proposed to put an adequate
Community House in a strategic center. The entire plot of ground shown is
church property, and the present building was considered inadequate ten
years ago. Evanston Ill.
H5003 Proposed site of Evanstontownship High School, one and a half blocks
from Wheadon Methodist Episcopal Church. When or if this project goes through as is
expected, Wheadon Church will be the center of an educational district.
Evanston, Ill.
H5004 Gymnasium of Court Street Methodist Episcopal Church, fully equiped with fine
lockers and bath rooms. Since finished there have been over three hundred
in physical classes constantly. Size 46x72 feet. Rockford, Ill.
H5271 Lexington Ave. American Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Lexington Ave. and
53rd Street, now a prosperous Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church.
H5282 Just beyond these buildings ground has been bought on which to build
a 15 million Dollar Coke and By-product Plant. Efforts are being made to
secure ground for an Methodist Episcopal Church. Granite City, Ill.
H5283 Reserve Officers Training Corp on way to camp. Peoria, Ill.
H5286 Y. W. C. A. and Baptist Church. Moline, Ill.
H5291 Mr. N. J. Albertson, retired wagon manufacturer who has been a
member of Grace German Methodist Episcopal Church at Pekin since 1853. Pekin, Ill.
H5463 In the wading pool - Jewish Playground. St. Louis, Mo.
H5464 Same caption as H5463
H5465 Wishing they had some place to play. St. Louis, Mo.
H5466 Rev. Wahl and some of the Jewish children across the street from the
old Methodist Episcopal Church, now used as a Jewish synagogue. St. Louis, Mo.
H5467 Type of better class, Jewish family. St. Louis, Mo.
H5524 The Confidence man who sells soap with a dollar bill wrapped around
one cake out of each three. Perhaps one man in a hundred finds a bill.
Frontenac, Kansas.
H5525 The Methodist lunch counter on the street where the celebration took
place Labor Day. Frontenac, Kansas.
H5526 The City Band. 75% foreign born. Labor Day. Frontenac, Kansas.
H5528 The Conidence man who sells soap with a dollar bill wrapped around
one cake out of each three. Perhaps one man in a hundred finds a bill.
Frontenac, Kansas.
H5529 Red Cross Auxiliary in the Labor Day Parade. Frontenac, Kansas.
H5530 Some delegates from the American Federation of Labor, Labor Day.
Frontenac, Kansas.
H5569 Mr. Peterson, the Human Fly, waving his hands after "Going over the
Top" of the Fourteen Story columbia Bank Building at 5th Ave. and 42nd St.
Sept. 1918. N. Y. C.
H5570 Mr. Peterson, the Human Fly, about to climb the top ledge of the
Columbia Bank Building at 5th Ave. and 42nd St. Sept. 1918. N. Y. C.
H5571 Mr. Peterson, the Human Fly, getting over a ledge on the 11th floor
of the Columbia Bank Building at 5th Ave. and 42nd St. Sept. 1918. N. Y. C.
H5572 Mr. Peterson, the Human Fly, making a continuous climb to the third
floor, before resting. Columbia Bank Building at 5th Ave. and 42nd St.
Sept. 1918. N. Y. C.
H5575 Mr. Peterson, the Human Fly, up to the 3rd floor of the Columbia
Bank Building at 5th Ave. and 42nd St. Sept. 1918. N. Y. C.
H5576 Mr. Peterson, the Human Fly, making a steady climb from the 3rd
floor to the 6th floor of the Columbia Bank Building at 5th Ave. and 42nd
St. Sept. 1918. N. Y. C.
H5577 Mr. Peterson, the Human Fly, crossing from one side to the other on
the 5th floor of the Columbia Bank Building. Sept. 1918. N. Y. C.
H5578 Mr. Peterson, the Human Fly, swinging his feet with just a little
hold in the space between the blocks of stone. Eighth floor of the Columbia
Bank Building. Sept. 1918. N. Y. C.
H5581 The Human Fly about to tackle the large ledge of the Columbia Bank
Building. N. Y. C.
H5582 The Human Fly doing his best trick of the climb. Holding on to the
roof with one hand, waving with the other, and working his feet as though
riding a bicycle on the Columbia Bank Building. N. Y.
H5611 Ten brothers who joined the colors to go to Servia to fight for
their fatherland. All joined up the same day. 1916. Gary, Indiana.
H5612 On the sand dunes near Gary, Indiana. To this place priests used to
come from Lafayette to hold services every three months or so, accompanied
by their Indian converts. 1918.
H5617 Peter, Emil and Johnnie Augustinovich Croatian boys at Gary, Indiana.
H5618 Croatian children at Friendship House, Gary, Indiana.
H5626 Italian woman and her Easter present to the matron of the
Neighborhood House. Entire eggs are baked into the great doughnut like loaf
of bread. Gary, Indiana.
H5627 Typical Croatian woman. Gary, Indiana.
H5628 Italian, Slovack and Croatian children at play. Gary, Indiana.
H6060 U. S. Marines and Sailors passing from Madison Avenue into Fifth
Ave. around the Cathedral. Cardinal Farley's Funeral Procession, Sept.
1918. N. Y. C.
H6061 Cross Bearer Acolytes and the Cardinal's Committee leading the
procession. St. Patrick's Cathedral - 50th St. and Fifth Ave. N. Y. C.
Sept. 1918.
H6181 Removing wax from refined wax press. Standard Oil Co. N. J.
H6253 Corner of the Board of Conference, Claimants Exhibit. Here shown are
some of the oil saddle bags worn or used many years ago by our missionaries
in the home work. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
H6279 Francis Asbury Centennial Tablet. Baltimore, Md.
H6285 Boulevard Methodist Church. The rise of this church has been
wonderful. Eight years ago, it was a small mission and today it bids fair
to become the finest Meth. Church in the city. Binghampton, N. Y.
H6292 Oak Street Methodist Church. Great factories are springing up in
this section and the employees are mostly foreigners.
H6293 Some of the factory section, close by the church. Binghampton, N. Y.
H6294 Welfare club organized and run by the church people is situated a
few blocks from the church. Here they sell ice cream and have reading rooms
and games. Binghampton, N. Y.
H6296 Large factory, one block from the church and here they used to
manufacture fine electrical supplies. Binghampton, N. Y. - Now it is used
as a cigar factory and employs foreign women.
H6297 View of the Susquehanna River, Binghampton, N. Y. - taken from the
Ferry Street Bridge, and shows the spire of the First Congregational Church.
H6298 The Star - moving picture house. Binghampton, N. Y.
H6312 Anglo Japanese School, San Francisco, taken in Dec. 1917. California.
H6402 The Liberty Bond Booth in front of the Holland House, on 5th Ave.
and 30th St. doing a little business. Belgian Day. Fourth Liberty Loan. N.
Y. C.
H6403 The Band from U. S. S. Recruit on Union Square. Belgian Day of the
Fourth Liberty Loan. N. Y. C.
H6404 Vice President Marshall delivering his speech from the Altar of
Liberty, at Madison Square to a great throng of people. Belgian Day, Fourth
Liberty Loan, N. Y. C.
H6405 Picture of the heads of the people watching the parade, Madison
Square. Belgian Day, Fourth Liberty Loan, N. Y. C.
H6406 Dr. E. S. Van Zili (Belgian), the Pres't of the National Security
League, speaking for the sale of Liberty Bonds. Picture also shows Lady
Anne Azgapetian (Russian) and Miss Marrian Battista, the little Belgian
girl who played with Maude Adams. Altar of Liberty - Belgian Day, Fourth
Liberty Loan.
H6407 Dr. E. S. Van Zili speaking for the sale of bonds, Altar of Liberty -
Belgian Day of Fourth Liberty Loan. N. Y.
H6408 Lady Anne Azgapetian telling the peolpe of the hardships she endured
in Russia for eight months during the revolution. Belgian Day, Fourth
Liberty Loan. Altar of Liberty, N. Y. C.
H6409 Some army officers leaving after the Parade. Madison Square. Belgian
Day, Fourth Liberty Loan. N. Y. C.
H6411 Immense crowd listening to Vice President Marshall address in front
of the Altar of Liberty, Madison Square. Belgian Day of Fourth Liberty
Loan, N. Y. C.
H6424 Altar of Liberty and the Color Guard. Fourth Liberty Loan. N. Y. C.
Belgian Day.
H6425 View of the square before the parade, showing the U. S. S. Recruit
Band from Union Square. In front of Altar of Liberty, Madison Square. N. Y.
C. Belgian Day.
H6426 Parallel lines of sailors and soldiers at attention about twenty
feet apart. In front of Altar of Liberty - Belgian Day. Fourth Liberty
Loan, N. Y. C.
H6428 Parallel lines of sailors and soldiers about twenty feet apart, at
attention before the Altar of Liberty, Belgian Day, Fourth Liberty Loan. N.
Y. C.
H6429 The Band from the U. S. S. Recruit and great crowd of spectators. At
the Altar of Liberty. Belgian Day, Fourth Liberty Loan. N. Y. C.
H6432 The little Chinese girl who was presented with a bouquet of flowers -
Altar of Liberty, China Day of Fourth Liberty Loan.
H6433 China Day of Fourth Liberty Loan. The Chinese Flag being raised -
the Ambassador to China speaking to the little Chinese girl at the base of
the flag pole. Madison Square. N. Y. C.
H6507 A row of newly erected apartment houses of medium character at
Broadway and 181 Street. N. Y.
H6508 A battalion of U. S. Sailors, ordered for immediate duty on their
way to embark on one of the U. S. Transports laying in the River at anchor.
N. Y.
H6534 Czecho Slovak girl presented with a bunch of flowers - A Slovak
Officer beside her. Altar of Liberty. Czecho Slovak Day of Fourth Liberty
Loan. N. Y.
H6535 Some Czecho Slovak soldiers - Madison Square, Czecho Slavak Day.
Fourth Liberty Loan. N. Y.
H6545 The Metropolitan Opera Singers - Miss Anna Case and Senor Amato,
singing the Star Spangled Banner - Altar of Liberty. French Day, Fourth
Liberty Loan. N. Y. C.
H6546 St. Paul's Community House. Methodist Episcopal Group of Italians at one of the
Evening Prayer Meetings in the Community House. Jersey City, N. J.
H6574 Central Methodist Episcopal Church - Sacramento, Calif.
H6576 "Light of Asia," shining in Southern California near Los Angeles.
Madam Besant's Theosophical Society Headquarters where a Buddhist Priest is
in constant attendance.
H6577 At the door of the Buddhist Temple the Priest T. Jisoji waits to
usher you into the mysteries of his esoteric faith, Los Angeles, Calif.
H6615 The site on which it is proposed to erect the new Cathedral of
Methodism in San Francisco, Cal.
H6620 Three little Portuguese all in a row, just a few of the many who are
crowded into a little church only a third large enough to meet the needs.
Oakland, Calif.
H6623 Memorials of Bishop Taylor, the Eucalyptus Tree, found in abundance
about San Francisco, Calif.
H6624 St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church. San Francisco, Calif.
H6632 Haven Methodist Episcopal Church. San Francisco, Calif.
H6634 "The Light of Asia," Headquarters of Madam Besant's Theosophical
Society. Here a Buddhist priest is maintained permanently, Los Angeles,
Calif.
H6637 Madam Besant's Theosophical Society Headquarters. "The Light of
Asia," is the assuming name she gives to her Buddhistic cult. Los Angeles,
Calif.
H6644 The house that Booze built (Busch), Pasadena, Calif.
H6646 San Francisco men who cope with crime. Detectives and Police
Photographers who came to the building before which they stand, to
photograph room within where a Tong murder had been committed the night
before. - A war over the possession of a slave girl. California. W. H. M.
S. Bid'g in background.
H6650 The Midnight Mission at Los Angeles, Cal. Here may be found at every
midnight of the year from three to a dozen different nationalities. It is
located in the near vincinity of the Mexican, Chinese and Japanese Quarters.
H6651 Goodwill Industries. Los Angeles, Calif. "The Morgan Memorial of the
S. W. Metropolis."
H6653 Central Tower of the Million Dollar High School. Los Angeles,
California.
H6690 Our Portuguese Church at Oakland, California, where a Sunday School
of 60 and a congregation of 100 crowd into a thinly boarded one room
church, with a capacity to hold 50 comfortably.
H6710 Administration Building - Southern California University, Los
Angeles, Calif.
H6711 Municipal Stadium seating 25,000, San Diego, Calif.
H6851 Steel rolling mill and miserable brick shacks for mill employees.
Vincennes, Indiana.
H6852 Shacks made of old packing boxes, oil tins and scraps of lumber and
occupied by the poorest class of people. There are many children and no
church institution of any kind in the neighborhood. There is a great
opportunity and extreme need for a social community centre. Vincennes,
Indiana.
H6886 Principal part of the Pittsburg Aluminum Reduction Co's Plant, said
to be the largest in the world. The net profits of this plant was
$176,000,000 in 1917. East St. Louis, Mo.
H6887 Loads of corn in the grain market. Indianapolis, Indiana. 1918.
H6888 Lunch time for both man and beast. Indianapolis, Indiana.
H6889 Hotel Metropole, now used as a barracks for men of the Reserved
Officers Training Corps. Men breaking ranks for dinner. Indianapolis,
Indiana. 1918.
H6890 Scene in the hay market. Indianapolis, Indiana. 1918.
H6891 Loads of corn in the open air grain and hay market. Indianapolis,
Indiana.
H6900 View from the new free Bridge connecting St. Louis, Mo. and East St.
Louis, Ill., to show some of the great industrial plants that make East St.
Louis a strategic point for Methodist developement. East St. Louis, Ill.
H6901 National stock yards and packing houses. Part of the great
industrial section of East St. Louis, Ill.