During this time, lucas gained some press for a magic trick, the phone book. The new york public library is introducing a new research tool to help track down past city residents through old telephone directories. Collection is arranged alphabetically by state, and then by city. The kansas historical society research collections contain both published city directories and telephone books for the state of kansas. Telephone directories list adult residents, their addresses, and their phone numbers. Manhattan and the bronx are listed together, brooklyn and queens are listed together, and richmond staten island has its own list. These may be in a a phone directory of the period, or similar. Kansas telephone and city directories kansas historical society. City directories, telephone books and county directories do not circulate, but are available for use onsite. Old telephone books possibly the worlds largest online collection of phone books. Directories are alphabetized by the primary citytown, which is noted in bold text below. Whitepages is the largest and most trusted online phone book and directory. Manhattanbrooklynbronxqueensrichmondstaten island virtualfilm.
Anybody have access to a manhattan white pages from 1968, 1969, or 1970 to look up something for me. 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. Secondary cities, towns, and localities are also included. Accessing 1940 nyc phonebooks in one step steve morse. Manhattan telephone directory november 1950 yellow pages.
The chiquiri land company once ordered two tons of used manhattan directories for its. Give three excerpts and why you thought they were worth mentioning. One of them is, are there a lot of people in it, and are they real. Nyc city directories manhattan and parts of the bronx. Nonsubscribers can, however, use the search engine and see a listing of possible results but no images or further details. New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york city. The phone book cover is from an original that once belonged to joe jones, who served as director of public affairs at marshall in the 1960s and 1970s. Original 196061 manhattan telephone directory from an estate in south jersey, s an extremely rare and unusual find. Phone address directories international directories area code locators state abbreviations zip codes package delivery services u. Original 1960 61 manhattan telephone directory from an estate in south jersey, s an extremely rare and unusual find. The whole collection will be going online over the coming months.
If you dont find a nonabbreviated version the street you see in the phone book does not match any street shown in the list please contact stephen morse creator of the onestep website. 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. There is little little i can say about this, for it is explained by the title. City directories can list additional information about reside, including occupation, the address of their business, and. Expand your research by checking out the new york online historical newspapers here. The white pages and the yellow pages are indicated as wp and yp respectively. Socsecdeathindex newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides newadditions directories institutions yearbooks. In it, he memorized about 50 pages of the manhattan white pages phone book. The phone books, and in the pretelephone era, city directories, contain. Find who youre looking for, and immediately see their name and address for free. Sep, 2016 jerry lucas was one of the great college basketball players. New york city, new york online historical directories. Searchable database of long distance calling codes for countries and. Socsecdeathindex newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides.
What follows is a reproduced portion of a marshall space. Alphabetical telephone directory covering the borough of brooklyn. Photos from the streets of manhattan in 1960, by photographer charles cushman. History, local history and genealogy, microforms rm. The manhattan phone book abridged this is the best story and the worst story anybody ever wrote. Nysl holdings are listed below in alphabetical order by. A city directory places an individual or a business in a specific location at a particular time. City directories and selected telephone books on microfilm. A vertical stack of three evenly spaced horizontal lines. The following microfilmed telephone directories from the new york city area, including many by address reverse directories are also available in the. The first batch184950 through 1923have already been scanned, and the 178618489 directories are right now being scanned. Brooklyn, new york city, telephone directory internet archive.
Directories are alphabetized by the primary citytown, which is noted in bold text. Brooklyn public library just made new york history buffs very happy. 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. This book is an invaluable resource for b2b service providers looking for a comprehensive listing of businesses in manhattan, ny. This database is a collection of city directories for various years and cities in new york. David franks 1786 directory, for instance, lists important historical figures. After other demonstrations, a party held by writer dick schaap and teammate bill bradley saw the trick tested by world chess champion bobby fischer, who was reportedly astounded. Items in this collection can be requested through the nypl catalog. Mar 21, 2008 the humble phone book spent the 20 th. What follows is a reproduced portion of a marshall space flight center phone book dated september 4, 1960, four days before the center was officially dedicated by president eisenhower. Tool for determining the area code of a locality, or the locality of an area code.
Look for persons of the same surname residing at the same address. The phone company in most cities publishes a directory of everyone in that area who has a listed phone number. Search for someone by name, phone number, zip code or address. May 05, 2008 home phone service cable internet cable tv in manhattan costs. Premium search members can also view a list of 50 classified ad pages. New york city including all boroughs telephone directory. A description of the library of congress telephone directory holdings related to the state of kansas. New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york. But only if you have a time machine to go back to 1950. Suppose you are looking for john h fedeler, livein superintendent at the new york public library, 19101940. New york city addresses 19451960 united states of america.
New nypl feature allows access to 1940 nyc telephone books. New york jazz clubs jazz maps of new york city jazz. Manhattan 212 area code residential and business listings. Socsecdeathindex newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides newadditions directories institutions yearbooks census military findingguides. Whitepages provides the top free people search and tenant screening tool online with contact information for over 250 million people including cell phone numbers and complete background check data. 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. This directory was reproduced courtesy of the new england historic genealogical. Morse, san francisco bronx brooklyn manhattan queens staten island last name data presented here comes from the new york public library. Feb 18, 2020 microfilmed telephone directories for manhattan for 19421949, 1953, and 19571961 may be found in the milstein division of u. Aug 15, 2016 internet links to email and street addresses, telephone directories, zip codes, state abbreviations, package delivery information. Telephone directories from various states across the united states, dating from ca.
Accessing 1940 nyc phonebooks in one step, stephen p. Having led ohio state to the national championship in 1960, hes still the only player ever named big ten player of the year three times. 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. Oct 05, 2016 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. Many directories include listings for nearby communities that may not be listed within the inventory. A directory may list the residents or businesses alphabetically by name or by address or both. Jan 26, 2012 looking for the addresses of my great uncle john vickery in new york city during the period 1945 1960. You can find walt whitmans home address from when he lived in. In 1929 it opened an upstairs ballroom featuring jazz performers like bessie smith and billie holliday that closed in the 1960s.
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