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  2. Bruce's Beach - Wikipedia

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    Bruce's Beach is in the City of Manhattan Beach on Santa Monica Bay. Peck's Pier and Pavilion in Manhattan Beach was an area of recreation for African Americans. In 1912, Willa and Charles Bruce bought a property in the strand area for $1,225 from Los Angeles real estate broker Henry Willard. [1]

  3. Dyckman House - Wikipedia

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    The Dyckman House, now the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, is the oldest remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island, a vestige of New York City's rural past. The Dutch Colonial-style farmhouse was built by William Dyckman, c.1785, [3] and was originally part of over 250 acres (100 ha) of farmland owned by the family. [4]

  4. File:View of Manhattan Beach Hotel, Coney Island (2786857415 ...

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    English: Accession Number: 1977:0144:0059MP Maker: George P. Hall & Son (American, active 1875–1914) Title: View of Manhattan Beach Hotel, Coney Island Date: ca. 1905 Medium: gelatin silver print printed 1977, from original negative

  5. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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    more images: James A. Burden House: 1905: Italian Renaissance: Warren & Wetmore: New York City: Today, it houses the lower school of the Convent of the Sacred Heart [86] more images: Morton F. Plant House: 1905: Neo-Renaissance: Robert W. Gibson Thierry W. Despont (renovations) New York City: Today, a Cartier store [87] [88] more images: Felix ...

  6. 30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still ...

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    Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company Historians date the oldest photograph to 1826 France. At least that's the oldest one that we know of today. That's when Joseph Nicéphore Niépce started ...

  7. List of the oldest buildings in New York - Wikipedia

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    Oldest surviving row house in Manhattan Ellis Squires Jr. House: Hampton Bays: 1785 Oldest surviving row house in Hampton Bays Stone-Tolan House: Brighton: c. 1792 A Federal-style structure said to be the oldest surviving building in Monroe County: Joost Van Nuyse House: Flatlands, Brooklyn: 1793 Bridge Cafe: Lower Manhattan: 1795 Oldest wooden ...

  8. Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan Beach Hotel c. 1905. Manhattan Beach was the most upscale of the three major resort areas that developed at Coney Island shortly after the American Civil War; the other two areas were Brighton Beach and West Brighton. [3] African-American recruits at Manhattan Beach Coast Guard Training Station, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945

  9. Vanderbilt houses - Wikipedia

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    "Vanderbilt Hotel" (1913), a hotel in Manhattan, New York, on Park Avenue and 34th Street. The penthouse served as a city residence for him. The penthouse served as a city residence for him. Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi (1886–1965) She was the wife of Count László Széchenyi