Valentine's manual of old New York

(New York :  Valentine's Manual Inc.,  1920.)

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VALENTINE'S MANUAL

Mr. Ambrose was of commanding presence, standing
over six feet in height, and very erect. He possessed a
keen sense of humor, and was by nature genial and
kindly. His giant intellect, coupled with his remarkable
executive ability and constructive genius, conceived plans
for public improvements so vast and comprehensive that
he occupied a unique position among men in that he was
far ahead of his time. He was one of our most public-
spirited citizens, to whom New York owes an eternal debt
of gratitude.
 

Old Target Companies and Firemen

W. S. Ludlow

The Target Companies and Firemen are naturally
associated together, as the Target Company was an
outgrowth in the first instance of the Fire Companies,
though later on they were formed by various bodies
of men like employees of factories, or congenial
spirits of some neighborhood. Though I lived in a dis¬
tant Western city, yet as a small boy I was frequently
in New York, and I especially have very vivid recollec¬
tions of the firemen of the old volunteer days, their beau¬
tiful engines and hose carriages, without doubt the most
beautiful objects on wheels that the world has ever seen.
As we always stayed at some hotel on Broadway, there
were daily sights of military companies, the passing of
fire engines, or the marching by of Target Companies.
Every summer morning various companies of these lat¬
ter would march down Broadway on the way to Staten
Island, some point down the Bay across to New Jersey
or Brooklyn, then uptown, at the same time, there were

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