New York City Funeral Ephemera 1900 1902 1922 1923 Steinway Queens Holy Trinity

Lot of Queens & Brooklyn funeral ephemera from early 1900s.

2 Funeral & Embalming receipts from Queens, NYC, 1922 and 1923.
2 Undertaker grave plot receipts from Brooklyn, NYC, 1900 and 1902. (with envelope)


Funeral letterhead reads:

Long Island City, NY [Date]
Charles Weydig, Dr.
Funeral Director and Embalmer
903 Steinway Avenue
Coaches To Let For All Occasions

*Steinway Avenue no longer exists, it was renamed around 1928 when the map grid for Astoria was updated.*


Undertaker envelope reads:

George Stenger,
Undertaker,
289 St. Nicholas Ave.,
Brooklyn, E.D.
[Name]
TICKET
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Telephone Call, 1275 Williamsburgh

*E.D. = Eastern District. Brooklyn became one of the five boroughs of NYC when it was consolidated in 1898, and these historical district designations were no longer used. Today, this address is considered to be in Queens.*

**Last two photos show a German-English translation of the grave plot receipts**