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Advertisement for James & Hawkins' hardware and paint stores, located in Jamaica, Rockville Centre, and Hempstead, N.Y. Items sold at the stores included seeds, paints, hardware, garden tools, mechanics' tools, etc.

Receipt for payment of $86.25 made by William Garner, Sr., to
E. P. Rushmore, at Jamaica, N.Y., for the purchase of 30 loads of ashes. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). He was a farmer and resided in…

Receipt for payment of $12.69 made by William Garner, Sr., to Henderson & Amberman, Dealers In Grain, Flour, Meal, Feed, Hay & Guano, at Jamaica, N.Y. Payment was for the purchase of guano, meal, and flax seed. Note: Garner was a son of John Garner…

Letter from Jos. A. Lapp, Dealer in Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb, Pork, etc., at the Washington Market in Jamaica, N.Y., to John B. Garner. The letter, which is on a Jos. A. Lapp bill, mentions an enclosed payment check and also includes an order for…

John B. Garner bill for a $500.00 stock certificate from the Long Island Hedge and Wire Fence Co., of Jamaica, N.Y. Note: Garner resided in Jerusalem, N.Y. (present-day Wantagh). He was a son of John Garner (?-1833) and Sarah Birdsall (1790-1836). He…

John Langdon receipt for payment of seven shillings and nine pence made to Thomas Thirstan, "it being in full of all accounts bills & bonds & book debt[?]." The location listed at the top of the receipt was Jamaica [New York]. Note: Langdon operated…

A bus token produced by the Jamaica Bus Lines.

Trestle over railroad tracks at 150th St.; St. Monica's Church in background. A train is passing under the trestle. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "St. Monica's Church - children coming home from the school, would stand under the bridge, and…