#New York Historical

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Painting with Glass

Good Shepherd stained glass window, New York Historical museum, 77th Street and Central Park West, Upper West Side, Manhattan.

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Cornbury, of New York Drag in the 18th Century

Originally posted January 28, 2009 I used to shill for a stodgy uptown joint called the New-York Historical Society. (Don’t ask about the hyphen). The oldest museum in New York, its holdings include the complete set of Audubon originals, significant paintings from the Hudson River School, the desk at which Clement Clark Moore wrote “The Night Before Christmas”, and relics from…

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NYC's Grand Central Terminal, 1929 - before the sun's beams were blocked by surrounding skyscrapers.

These iconic images were taken by photographer Hal Morey.

Bonus Color Photo

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[alwaysbewoke]

Thomas Jennings was a free man born in 1791 in New York City. He was 30 years old when he was granted a patent for a dry cleaning process. In his early 20s Thomas Jennings became a tailor, and later opened a dry cleaning business in the city. As a tailor. Jennings' skills were so admired that people near and far came to him to alter or custom tailor items of clothing for them. Eventually, Jennings reputation grew such that he was able to open his own store on Church street which grew into one of the largest clothing stores in New York City. While running his business Jennings developed dry-scouring. He had many customers complain of their clothes being ruined by stains and so he began experimenting with cleaners and mixtures that would remove the stains without harming the material. He earned a large amount of money as a tailor and even more with his dry scouring invention and most of the money he earned went to his abolitionist activities. In 1831, Thomas Jennings became assistant secretary for the First Annual Convention of the People of Color in Philadelphia, PA. Thomas L. Jennings Dry Scouring technique created modern day dry cleaning. Jennings was fortunate that he was a free man at the time of his invention. Besides all the other indignities and cruelties slaves had to face, they were also ineligible to hold a patent. Under the US patent laws of 1793 a person must sign an oath or declaration stating that they were a citizen of the USA. While there were, apparently, provisions through which a slave could enjoy patent protection, the ability of a slave to seek out, receive and defend a patent was unlikely. Later, in 1858, the patent office changed the laws, stating that since slaves were not citizens, they could not hold a patent. Furthermore, the court said that the slave owner, not being the true inventor could not apply for a patent either. Thomas Jennings died in New York City in 1856.

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The Journal, New York, May 17, 1896

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"The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a critical ethics report on his conduct that accused him of converting campaign donations for his own use. He was just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues."

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Chrysler Building in New York City, NY, USA

American vintage postcard

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Broadway, New York City, 1950s

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at New York's Penn Station

photo by Michael Beschloss

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ok I’ll live here too

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Want to see a cool research thing? It's a collection of digitized menus from the 1800/1900s at the New York Public Library.

Perfect for my historical fiction peeps or culinary historians

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View from the Brooklyn Bridge.

New York, New York

Nov. 2014

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Some of the best and oldest color photography i’ve seen of New York City c1939 thanks to Macy’s color view postcard series.

[ridenwithbiden]

PRESIDENT BIDEN BRINGS THEM HOME

PAUL WHELEN

AFTER 5 AND A HALF YEARS IN PUTIN'S RUSSIAN PRISONS

EVAN GERSHKOVICH NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER

ALSU KERMASHIVA 288 DAYS AS A POLITICAL PRISONER

PRESIDENT BIDEN'S LAPEL PIN OF AN AMERICAN FLAG

IN TIME FOR A LITTLE GIRLS 13TH BIRTHDAY WITH HER MOM

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S HISTORIC DIRECT DIPLOMACY

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Times Square, New York, New York, 1923, Photo Credit: The New York Historical Society