This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Cavalier Boy on the Hudson to Ghetto Night
A sixteen year old boy named Johnny Breen aboard the Cavalier, a Haverstraw barge, watches river life and city lights while dreaming of schooling. A foggy East River collision leaves him adrift in a harsh city world as he tumbles into the Ghetto, survives a brutal street welcome, and seeks shelter in a basement doorway as the scene ends with “Continued Next Week.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavalier
John Breen
Mother Breen
Captain Breen
Johnny Breen
Harriette Breen
John
Johnny
East River
Fulton Ferry
Peruna
Calavier
Haverstraw
McGuffney Brthers Brick Company
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
Ings
Wwe
Beli
Hove
Mother
Dragon
Dolly
Stinkey
de Grogan Geng
Grogan Gang
Sens