(New York Public Library/IBDB/ifccenter.com) * * * Ahh-Choo A child of New York City’s suburbs, E.B. White developed a love of the natural world thanks to a severe bout of hay fever he had as a child — on the advice of a doctor, he was sent to Maine for the summer. Wh...
There is much evidence that the poor Scotch-Irish were welcomed in Worcester at first. They were needed there, both for civil and military reasons. Jonas Rice, the first permanent settler of Worcester, who had been a planter during the second settlement broken up by the Indians, returned to ...
New York City Fighting Gangs Teenage "Jitterbugging" gangs from the 1950s Skip to content Home Books by Author Bronx Gangs Brooklyn Gangs Mafia Manhattan Gangs What’s New in NYC Gang Research Introduction to 50s Gangs Gang Homicides 1953-1960 Interesting Links Guestbook Contact...
Knickerbocker's History of New York(IV) Part 4 Containing the chronicles of the reign of William The Testy. Chapter 1 When the lofty Thucydides is about to enter upon his description of the plague that desolated Athens, one of his modern commentators assures the reader that the history is no...
Above: Manhattan auto dealer's window display promoting the 1935 Auburn's appearance at the New York Automobile Show. (Detroit Public Library) Manhattan’s first big event of 1935 was the annual automobile show at the Grand Central Palace, where New Yorkers chased away the winter blues (and ...
During the 1930s one out of every 200 window cleaners in New York City fell to their deaths annually. In the previous decade, more than 80 fell to their deaths. In another excerpt, Norris recalled one of those unfortunate deaths.
MORE THAN A PRETTY FACE…At left,Diego RiveraandFrida Kahloattending an art exhibition in New York, 1933; at right, Kahlo and Rivera before the controversial mural at Rockefeller Center. Although an unknown in the art world in 1933, Kahlo would one day eclipse her husband’s fame. (SFGate...
New York: Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway Cascading waterfalls, quaint farms and villages and 16 different wineries make this road a must-drive. Looping all the way around Cayuga Lake, this 86-mile upstate byway has its ownwine trail.And what would wine country amid waterfalls and gorges be without...
2147 Olive View/UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar (closed10/2010) 1492 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Scotch Plains (formerly Ifaccommodations are approved, a letter will provide instructions on how to schedule the Computer based testing (CBT) is an umbrella term used to describe ...
Recorded June 1984 at Power Station, New York Engineer: David Baker Produced by Jack DeJohnette An exercise in exuberance in memory of his late mother,Album Albumopens with one of DeJohnette’s most sophisticated compositions ever committed to disc: “Ahmad The Terrible.” With an engaging klezmer...