PAGE 19 - 7 Event Tickets, 1878-1880s

PAGE 19, Terwilliger Souvenir Album.  
My great-grandfather, James Grover "Grove" TERWILLIGER, filled this Souvenir Album with a miscellany of ribbons, invitations, stamps, cards, tickets, cut-outs from hotel letterheads, and other items from his travels and his affiliations. Grove TERWILLIGER lived from 1856 to 1929, mainly in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, then later settled in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, where he and his wife raised their children.  

I will start with the large 4 tickets on the left, from top to bottom first, then the small 3 on the right:

1.  Summer Night's Reception of the Attachees of Station H N.Y.P.O. Thursday Eve'g, August 29th, 1878.  At Terrace Garden, 58th Street near 3d Avenue. Anyone want to take a guess about who the "Attachees" were? And is this the NY Post Office? Most likely. My great-grandfather worked for the Post Office for some years, then was selected to be the Police Commissioner when he retired.  

2.  Ladies' Ticket, & 3.  Eleventh Season.  In COMMEMORATION of the 71st ANNIVERSARY of the BIRTH-DAY of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. RECEPTION, Ninth Ward, [at] IRVING HALL, Thursday Evening, February 12th, 1880  At this time, Lincoln had been deceased almost 15 years, assassinated April 15, 1865. The Ninth Ward is a political division; wards were abolished in 1938, after having been in existence since about 1686 in New York. 

4.  Fourth Anniversary Ball of WASHINGTON IRVING LODGE, No. 312, I.O.B.B., Saturday Evening, February 17th 1883.   At Terrace Garden, 58th Street & Lexington Avenue.  The I.O.B.B. is the "Independent Order of B'nai B'rith", the oldest Jewish service organization in the world. I am not certain how my great-grandfather is involved in this organization, except perhaps through friends or colleagues, or through fund-raising efforts.  Certainly it could have been through his Free Mason activities, as the I.O.B.B. grew out of a group of Masons, as described in this article. 

5.  Fourteenth Anniversary  LEE LITERARY ASSOCIATION, Dramatic Entertainment and Reception, Thursday Evening, May 6, 1880, at 8 o'clock.  At LYRIC HALL, Sixth Ave., bet. 41st and 42d Streets, N.Y.  The top left corner has date 1866, top right, 1889. There is an earlier ticket I wrote about in January, Page 15, the #4 ticket - I thought it seemed familiar! The Founder of the Association was Rev. Day Kellogg Lee, 1816-1869 - an interesting write up on the Rev. Lee may be found on this site. 

6.  Grand Literary & Musical Entertainment, under the auspices of the YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION of the Madison Avenue Church of the Disciples. Tuesday Ev'ng  MAY 27th 1879. At EIGHT o'clock.  Madison Ave & 45th St., (Rev. W.R.Davis, Pastor).  Admission  25 cents.  Unfortunately the church was razed in 1899 after being sold to the Manhattan Athletic Club.  You must click on the link to see the amazing and complicated design of this church.

7.  GRAND FAIR Afternoon & Evening   MADISON AV. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, corner 45th Street.  Rev. W.R. Davis, Pastor. Opening Wednesday, December 1st at 8 P.M.  Promenade Concert every evening.  Season Ticket One Dollar, not transferable.  Dec. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th.  Although not stated on the ticket, this was in 1880. 

If you have more information on any of the people, places or events mentioned above, do let me know below in the Comments, or via calewis at telus dot net.   I have been sharing my Souvenir Album more often with friends lately, and indeed - it is a very unique Album.  I hope you are enjoying it as well.  

PAGE 18 - 8 Event Tickets, from 1878-1899

PAGE 18 of the Souvenir Album.  My great-grandfather, James Grover "Grove" TERWILLIGER, filled this Souvenir Album with a miscellany of ribbons, invitations, stamps, cards, tickets, cut-outs from hotel letterheads, and other items from his travels and his affiliations. Grove TERWILLIGER lived from 1856 to 1929, mainly in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, then later settled in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, where he and his wife raised their children.

I will start with the large 4 on the left from top to bottom first, then the small 4 on the right:

1.  Purim Celebration and Reception of the Young Men's Hebrew Association at the Lexington Ave. Opera House, on Thrusday Evening, March 22nd 1883.  Commencing at 8 o'clock.  Tickets $2.00   Note that the following day would be Good Friday, and there were several newspaper articles about "the Gentile and the Jew celebrating together".  

2.  Decoration Day PARADE, of the First Division National Guard, State of New York,  The Veterans of the Seventh Regiment and the Old Guard, The Grand Army of the Republic, The College of the City of New York and Public Schools, The Veterans of the Mexican War, A Brigade of the Fire Department, Etc., Etc.   May 30th, 1878  [a Thursday].  The speech given that day can be read here [28 pages]; given by Frederick Douglass, a remarkable anti-slavery orator. 

3.  Grand Complimentary Water Excursion up the Hudson River to Alpine Grove, on Saturday, June 7, 1879.  Given by John H. Starin, of Starin's City, River & Harbor Transportation.  Union Veteran Soldiers & Sailors (and Families) of our late War.  Under Auspices of Gen. C. K. Graham., Grand Marshal of Decoration Day Ceremonies.  See details, by clicking on Starin's Transportation link, of John Henry Starin's history; Mr. Starin was a member of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York City [1785-1916], as well as the President of the Holland Society, and many more political and other roles. 

4.  Annual Reception and Ball  1884 of  IVANHOE COMMANDERY [Knights Templar] No. 36, stationed at New York, Ladies Ticket.  Monday Eve' Feb. 4th 1884, at Madison Sq Garden.  See write up in the New York Telegram, 1st column on left.

Next are the 4 small tickets along the side, starting from the blue ticket beside #4 above:

5.  Twenty-Sixth Annual Festival of the New York Schutzen Corps, June 6th and 7th, 1883.  At the Schuetzen Park, Union Hill. More information on the history of the shooting club may be read here.

6.  New York Mondschein Club, held 10 Jun 1883 in Woodstock Park, Morrisania.  My ability to read the German lettering is poor. Perhaps someone can make sense of this ticket.  I haven't found details of what the Mondschein Club might be... perhaps a fencing club? 

7.   Anniversary Reception, Summernight's Festival, [from 1873 to 1879] the Alma Lodge, No. 728, F. and A.M., on Friday, June 20th, 1879.  Admit Grove Terwilliger and Ladies.  "F. and A.M." stands for the Free and Accepted Masons, by the way.

8.  For the DEWEY CELEBRATION NAVAL PARADE September 29, 1899.  Good only for one seat on stand at C.R.R. of N.J., Pier 1, Jersey City. Section 2, Row 11, Price $1.00.   You can check on YouTube for film of various Admiral Dewey 'celebration parades' in 1899, or check out the route of this particular parade here, and read a very interesting article here.  

If you have questions or comments about these tickets, I would be very happy to hear from you.  Perhaps you can provide additional information on several of these tickets.  You may contact me via calewis at telus dot net, and/or comment below.  

PAGE 17 - 5 Events, 1879/80 Knights Templar Commanderies

PAGE 17 of my great-grandfather's Souvenir Album.  My great-grandfather, James Grover "Grove" TERWILLIGER, filled this Souvenir Album with a miscellany of ribbons, invitations, stamps, cards, tickets, cut-outs from hotel letterheads, and other items from his travels and his affiliations.  Grove TERWILLIGER lived from 1856 to 1929, mainly in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, then later settled in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, where he and his wife raised their 3 children.

This page shows 5 reception tickets, plus a dark gold ribbon printed "ASSISTANT"; however it is completely unclear what the role entailed.  Still, there it is, carefully glued down between two Grand Reception tickets.  I will describe the 5 tickets from left to right, top row, and then bottom row.

1. Top left:  Palestine Commandery No.18, Knights Templar, Annual Festival and Reception, on Wednesday Evening, January 28th 1880, at the Academy of Music.  This was only the second such activity for this Commandery.  It is made out to J.Grove Terwilliger, and signed by (Introduced by) "Sir" Wayne Petzenberg.
2. Middle:  Reception for Morton Commandery No. 4, Knights Templar, New York, on Wednesday Evening, January 29th 1879, at Gilmore's Garden. This ticket - although very smooth - has a great deal of photographic texture, and is very fascinating.  I kept touching it to see if I could feel the carved designs!
3. Top right:  Centennial of the Masters Lodge No  F&AM, [Freemasons], March 5th 1868, Albany, N.Y.   This small ticket is printed in ornate Olde English, and is quite challenging to read. The Programme is detailed on the ticket; music provided by the Dodworth Orchestra, Harvey D. Dodworth, Conductor.  Old Fulton NY website of NY newspapers was searched for the details: click through for explicit details, including the Oration by the current Master, Dr. S.O. Vanderpoel [4th-6th columns from the left].  You will need to enlarge the page in order to read it. 
   
4. Bottom left: This is the large ticket for the Grand Reception and Annual Festival of the #1 ticket as described above.  January 28, 1880, at the Academy of Music.
5. Bottom right: Palestine Commandery No. 18, Knights Templar, Grand Reception and Easter Festival, held Easter Monday, April 14 1879, at the Academy of Music.

I hope you enjoy looking at these tickets, and learning about the Freemason and Knights Templar organization.  If you have ancestors in the state of NY, the Old Fulton Postcards site is your number one newspaper search site.  Quirky, unusual, and you may wish to turn down your speakers!  But - an excellent site to search for all those early newspapers.  

If you have any information or questions about the above, please do not hesitate to contact me via calewis at telus dot net, and/or comment below.  I always love comments!  Thanks for visiting.