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The Brooklyn Maternity
Title
The Brooklyn Maternity
Description
Color postcard with view of Brooklyn Maternity Hospital's red brick four-story building and an empty intersection; a small buggy and electric pole are visible across the street from the hospital on the right-hand side. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Mildred to Mr. Nelson Burhans of Tarrytown, N.Y., saying she is arriving Saturday and staying until Monday.
Subjects (LC)
Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, Brooklyn Maternity Hospital, Prospect Heights Hospital (Prospect Heights, New York, N.Y.), Long Island College Hospital, Women's hospitals, Sidewalks, Streets, Stairs, Electric lines -- Poles and towers, Carriages and carts, Horse-drawn vehicles, Telephone lines
ID
nycbk_023
Geographic Subject
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Harlem Hospital
Title
Harlem Hospital
Description
Color postcard with view of Harlem Hospital's brick hospital building from across Lenox Avenue in Manhattan against a stylized cloudy sky. A fence encircles the building and trees line the street in front. A few children stand on the street corner; one wagon is visible at the far left and streetcar tracks are visible. | Handwritten message on back from Nellie Davis regarding the weather and a political parade that has gone by. | Card not posted.
Subjects (LC)
Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, Harlem Hospital (New York, N.Y.), Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.), Trees, Streets, Carriages and carts, Fences, Lampposts, Street-railroad tracks, Malcolm X Boulevard (New York, N.Y.), Lenox Avenue (New York, N.Y.), Parades
ID
nycm_255
Geographic Subject
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
St. Catharine Hospital
Title
St. Catharine Hospital
Description
Color postcard with view of St. Catherine's Hospital in Brooklyn. Image shows the ivy-covered brick hospital building, people walking on the sidewalk, a business with a red-and-white-striped awning on the right-hand side. | Postcard sent with one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Blanche to Miss Kathryn Becker in New York City, letting her know any night will suit her.
Subjects (LC)
Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Kings County, St. Catherine's Hospital (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Awnings, Pedestrians, People, Ivy, Street lighting
ID
nycbk_137
Geographic Subject
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Apicius [De re culinaria Libri I-IX]
Title
Apicius [De re culinaria Libri I-IX]
Description
This manuscript contains 500 Greek and Roman recipes from the fourth and fifth century, both culinary and medical, reflecting the polyglot culture of the Mediterranean basin. Sometimes referred to as the oldest extant cookbook in the West, the manuscript is divided into ten books. It is likely that the Apicius began as a Greek collection, mainly written in Latin, and adapted for a Roman palate. The collection is likely compiled from many sources, as no evidence exists that Apicius (a Roman gourmet in 1st century AD), authored a book of cookery. Our manuscript was penned in several hands in a mix of Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian scripts at the monastery at Fulda (Germany) around 830 AD. It is one of two manuscripts (the other at the Vatican) presumed to have been copied from a now lost common source. The Apicius manuscript is the gem of the Academy’s Margaret Barclay Wilson Collection of cookery, acquired in 1929.

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Subjects (LC)
Cookbooks, Cooking, Latin peoples, Cooking, Mediterranean, Cooking, Roman, Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medicine