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New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online & Makes Them Free To Download And Use(Post)
Our friends at the New York Public Library have made a proclamation. New York Public Library Map Collection Release Announcement
Read All About It! In Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper(Post)Whereas the Internet and cable television are the ways most receive their news today, in 1855 Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News published its first issue with a run of only 30 copies. It was an inausp
Elephants On The Brooklyn Bridge(Post)It was an audacious project from the start. Fourteen years in the building, the Brooklyn Bridge easily catapulted itself into the ranks of the Seven Wonders of the Industrial Age. The Bridge was a t
NY Times: Ruth Newman, A Survivor Of The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Dies At 113(Post)Ruth Newman, a Survivor of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Dies at 113
Susan Glaspell and Alison’s House(Post)News of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for drama elated the playwright, infuriated the theater critics, and surprised everyone. Alison’s House by Susan Glaspell beat out plays by such greats as Maxwell Ander
It Came From Above: A Visual History of Astronomy(Post)By Leah Dearborn When NASA's New Horizons probe hurtled past Pluto in 2015, it provided hundreds of new images of the far corners of the solar system. Artists, however, have been creating detailed
The Gold Rush’s Hazy Grays(Post)John W. Marshall inadvertently made — and changed — history on January 24, 1848, when the carpenter found bits of gold at entrepreneur John Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. The men tried to keep
Ye Ghost Ship(Post)An hour before sunset, after a stormy June day, in the year 1648, a crowd of colonists from the very new town of New Haven stood at the shore to watch a ship sail into harbor. While many had
The Great Bartholdi Statue Of Liberty (Post)"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the gold
Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map(Page)Origins of the Historic Bird's Eye View Map
History of the Company(Page)History of the Company Historian Michael J. Simpson has written an article
Bayard Rustin, Man Of Many Faces(Post)Ronald Reagan praised Bayard Rustin’s “moral courage” after the gay civil rights activist’s death in 1987. An anti-gay praising a gay black rabble-rouser who advised Martin Luther King? The 80s wer
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Snapshots of the PastVintage Portrait - New Year - New Years Breakfasts, Pan American Union
Step back in time with this striking reproduction of NEW YEARS BREAKFASTS, PAN AMERICAN UNION. SECRETARY OF STATE AND MRS. KNOX Classic. Sourced from the United States Library of Congress.Library of...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastVintage Portrait - New Year - New Years Breakfasts - Vintage Wall Art Gift
Originally preserved in the Library of Congress, this print of NEW YEARS BREAKFASTS, PAN AMERICAN UNION. UNIDENTIFIED; 2 LADIES AND 2 MEN is now available for your home or office. The Library has...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastVintage Photo Print - New York City - New Years, Chinatown
Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts New Years, Chinatown, Port Arthur Chinese Restaurant, New York Classic. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastBlack & White Photo - New York City - Chinatown, - Chinese New Year
Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts Chinatown, New York City - Chinese New Year. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and international...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastHistoric Photo Print - New Year - Chinatown, N.Y.C, 1916
Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts Chinatown, N.Y.C. - Chinese New Year feast, Feb. 2, 1916. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastAntique Photo Print - New Year - reception, 1924
Originally preserved in the Library of Congress, this print of New year reception, 1/1/24 - 3 is now available for your home or office. The Library has preserved this image as part of its permanent...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastHistoric Landscape - New Year - Edison and his electric light
This rare historical print captures Edison and his electric light. Scenes at Menlo Park on New Year's Eve in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastBlack & White Photo - New Year - Jewish life - Bootblack stand, 1905
This rare historical print captures Jewish life - Bootblack stand, busy on Jewish New Year, Sept. 1905 Classic in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastAntique Photo Print - New Year - Taft, reception, 1924
Originally preserved in the Library of Congress, this print of Taft, New year reception, 1/1/24 is now available for your home or office. The Library has preserved this image as part of its permanent...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastVintage Photo Print - New Year - Sectys. Lamont, Wilbur
Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts Sectys. Lamont, Wilbur, & Adams with wives, New Year Reception. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastHistoric Photo Print - New Year - V.P. Curtis, Reception
Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts V.P. Curtis, New Year Reception. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and international historical...$57.00 -
Snapshots of the PastHistoric Photo Print - New Year - Scene in Ryan's Arcade on the morning
Step back in time with this striking reproduction of Scene in Ryan's Arcade on the morning of new year's day.R.F. Outcault. The bicyclist's revenge; or, How the Katzenjammer Kid got caught.R. Dirks...$57.00