4th Avenue

+ The Harlem Rag

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The Harlem Neighborhood Block Association
December 13, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

When exploring the NYPL's remote access databases:

I came across this

and this 1866 reference to the location of a home in East Harlem:

What we know as Park Avenue was identified as 4th Avenue, and no mention was made of Madison Avenue north of the upper East Side as it had not been surveyed and cut through.

To learn when Madison Avenue became northbound only, see:

The Harlem Rag

Ebay has the sheet music for The Harlem Rag up for sale:

early ST. LOUIS ed. HARLEM RAG by TOM TURPIN rare BLACK RAGTIME sheet music 1897 | eBay

HARLEM RAG.

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