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By the late 1850s, both Philip White and Albro Lyons had moved to Vandewater Street, Philip to number 40, and Albro to 20. Vandewater was a typical Lower Manhattan Street, comprised of buildings that were both residential and commercial, tall and… Read More

Girls Playing in the yard of the Colored Orphan Asylum in 1861, two years before the draft riots. Read More