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the american past: NYC in focus: The Washingtons in New York: The Nation, the Publick, and the Enslaved
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The Washingtons in New York: The Nation, the Publick, and the Enslaved. George: "Mary, Please come with me to New York! Illustration by Norman Rockwell, 1932). A New New York. NYC 1783: Concentrated Population. On Broadway, 1780s. Ladies in showy costume...
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the american past: NYC in focus: Owners of America, NYC
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Thursday, March 12, 2015. Owners of America, NYC. By their banks ye shall know them," Alfred Henry Lewis. In 1908 and 1909, Cosmopolitan Magazine. Accompanying the article were images of the Manhattan homes of the "owners.". But they were, after all, the "owners" of America.
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the american past: NYC in focus: August 14, 1945: Times Square and a Couple of Kisses
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Friday, August 14, 2015. August 14, 1945: Times Square and a Couple of Kisses. You must remember this. Took the iconic image of the nurse and sailor locked in an embrace (she is headlocked, actually) in NYC's Times Square on August 14, 1945, 70 years ago today. A Decisive Moment:...
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the american past: NYC in focus: Coney Island on Their Mind
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Friday, August 15, 2014. Coney Island on Their Mind. Hot town, summer in the city/ back of my neck getting dirty and gritty.". So go the opening lines of The Lovin' Spoonful's hit song. A competitor with Ebony. Magazine, Our World. For more on Our World. Posted by Jenny Thompson.
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the american past: NYC in focus: Mary Lincoln in New York
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Mary Lincoln in New York. Mrs Clarke was Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of the late president, whose assassination had occurred a little over two years earlier. Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882). She had grief; she had debt; and she had a longing to restore some se...
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the american past: NYC in focus: The Chrysler Building: A Symbol of the Times
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. The Chrysler Building: A Symbol of the Times. 1931: A Dazzling New York Skyline of Architects. At the Beaux-Arts Ball. Held in New York City on January 23, 1931, the party was not to be topped.but some of the attendees were! At the Hotel Astor. Had been...
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the american past: NYC in focus: One Night at Sherry's: James Hazen Hyde Has a Ball (and Some Cake)
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. One Night at Sherry's: James Hazen Hyde Has a Ball (and Some Cake). Guests at Hyde's 1905 Ball at Sherry's Restaurant. From Philadelphia to New York City. James Hazen Hyde was a dandy. He attended Harvard, summered on Long Island, at "the Oaks," his 400-a...
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the american past: NYC in focus: Bright Lights, Big City: Early 1980s New York
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Thursday, September 4, 2014. Bright Lights, Big City: Early 1980s New York. The Write Crowd: McInerney, Janowitz, Ellis, 1980s, NYC. Bright Lights, Big City: You Are Here. That novel, Bright Lights, Big City,. David Leavitt ( Family Dancing. And Tama Janowitz ( Slaves of New York.
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the american past: NYC in focus: reading & viewing list
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Reading and viewing list. This reading and viewing list- in progress- is comprised of books and films that are our personal favorites, as well as significant cultural and/or historical portrayals of New York City. Photo, Library of Congress). Henry James, Washington Square. Life ...
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the american past: NYC in focus: Summer Retreats: New York Style
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The american past: NYC in focus. An American Studies take on New York City: exploring the city through its various forms, from images and novels to pop culture and social history. Reading and viewing list. Download the free app. Thursday, June 6, 2013. Summer Retreats: New York Style. By the way, old chap, what do you people do in New York. We get out," Miss De Peyster broke in . . . Is simply deserted in sum. Mer There is not a soul in. Rupert Hughes, The Real New York. Summer picnic in the city, 1919.