The Clam Chowder Murder

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July 27, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

Going to Kingston, NY? By boat from Harlem’s Manhattanville docks was one option.

This postcard from 1913 and the Cafe Colonial Hotel in Harlem, tells the story.

Note that the Colonial Hotel was the site of the “Clam Chowder Murder”:

Colonial Hotel 125th Street – Ephemeral New York

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The Colonial Hotel, Harlem NY 1895

Colonial Hotel, is covered in American flags the day this photograph was taken on 125th Street and Eighth Avenue in Central Harlem, New York, 1895

www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-colonial-hotel-harlem-ny-1895

A glimpse into Central Harlem’s DSNY garage shows plow attachments lined up in neat rows.

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