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