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Jamaica Avenue was an ancient trail for tribes from as far away as the Ohio River and the Great Lakes, coming to trade skins and furs for wampum. [15] It was in 1655 that the first settlers paid the Native Americans with two guns, a coat, and some powder and lead, for the land lying between the old trail and "Beaver Pond" (now filled in; what is now Tuckerton Street north of Liberty Avenue ...
RMS. Cedric. RMS Cedric was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line. She was the second of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, dubbed the Big Four, and was the largest vessel in the world at the time of her entering service. Her career, peppered with collisions and minor incidents, took place mainly on the route from Liverpool to New York ...
Dovecot Memorial Park, Kingston, Jamaica. Alma mater. Traphagen School of Fashion. Occupations. Fashion designer. Quilter. Hazel Rodney Blackman (1921–2014) was a Jamaican-born American fashion designer, quilter, and painter. She is best known for introducing African fabrics into American fashion in the 1960s and 1970s. [1]
Woodhaven Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard (formerly Jamaica Bay Boulevard[ 1]) are two parts of a major boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens. Woodhaven Boulevard runs roughly north–south in the central portion of Queens. South of Liberty Avenue, it is known as Cross Bay Boulevard, which is the main north–south road in Howard ...
The Black Star Line (1919−1922) [1] was a shipping line incorporated by Marcus Garvey, the organizer of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and other members of the UNIA. The shipping line was created to facilitate the transportation of goods and eventually African Americans throughout the African global economy.
Legendary Hall of Fame horse trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons was the first to train at Jamaica Race Course and Native Dancer made a winning debut here on April 19, 1952. [4] The facility's attendance record of 64,679 was set on Memorial Day , 1945. [ 5 ]
500 first-class. SS Kroonland was an ocean liner for International Mercantile Marine (IMM) from her launch in 1902 until she was scrapped in 1927. Kroonland was the sister ship of Finland and a near sister ship of Vaderland and Zeeland of the same company. Kroonland sailed for IMM's Red Star Line for 15 years, and also sailed for IMM's American ...
Launched by New York SBC in under SS Mississippi serving Atlantic Transport Line. Transferred to Red Star Line in 1906 under Belgic, then to Red Star Line under Samland in 1911, then back to White Star under Belgic in 1913 serving until 1931, scrapped in Italy. Titanic: 1912: 1912: 46,328: Launched by Harland and Wolff at Sir William Arrol & Co ...