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Paul Gillespie’s New York World’s Fair Collection
05/13/2011 - 4:56pm
Posted on April 29, 2011 by skriete

Just in time for the 72nd anniversary of New York’s 1939 World’s Fair — which opened on April 30th, 1939 — the New-York Histor

The South Shoots First
05/13/2011 - 4:55pm
Posted on April 15, 2011 by skriete

The camera, that is:

The brier and bramble
05/13/2011 - 4:55pm
Posted on April 22, 2011 by toreilly

The variability and just plain depressing weather of late here in New York is probably trying everyone’s patience.

The Mysterious Mrs. G. M. Bowen
05/13/2011 - 4:54pm

An intriguing series of advertising cabinet cards have piqued the curiosity of staff and researchers ever since they were given to the New-York Historical Society by Mrs. Elihu Spicer in 1960.


Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, 100th Anniversary
05/13/2011 - 4:53pm
Posted on March 18, 2011 by skriete

Next Friday, March 25th, is the 100th anniversary of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.  The deadly fire prompted the creation of n

Happy New Year!! (No, Seriously!)
05/13/2011 - 4:53pm
Posted on March 25, 2011 by toreilly

Admittedly that would make much more sense to  pre-1752 New Yorkers.

Fabric Samples from an Early New York Businesswoman
05/13/2011 - 4:52pm
Posted on March 4, 2011 by mbaldock

In honor of Women’s History month, we want to highlight materials that focus on  women in New York City history.  The

America and the Barbary States
05/13/2011 - 4:52pm
Posted on March 10, 2011 by toreilly

As we watch events unfolding in Libya, and still hear regular news of Somali piracy, it seems like a good opportunity to have a look back at America’s historic relationsh

Black History Month – 20th Century
05/13/2011 - 4:51pm
Posted on February 25, 2011 by skriete

“One of the smallest and least known national groups in this country is a group of Black Jews.  In New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and o

Black History Month – 17th Century
05/13/2011 - 4:50pm
Posted on February 4, 2011 by toreilly

In honor of Black history month, we thought we would take a look at some items from the library collections spanning the first four centuries of A