Why Few Of Us Are “Normal” Human Beings (And That’s A Good Thing!)
According To Writer Donald Henderson Clarke, Normal Human Beings Are A Rare Breed Donald Henderson Clarke (1887-1958) enjoyed telling a good story. Clarke was able to accomplish that as a successful...
View ArticleFive Old and Weird News Stories
It’s In The Newspaper So I Guess It’s True Here are five brief, old and weird news stories that appeared in the New York newspapers over a hundred years ago. In many cases I wish there was a follow-up...
View ArticleThe Greatest Horse Of All-Time Did Not Win The Kentucky Derby
Man o’ War Winner of 20 of His 21 Races The Kentucky Derby, which will be run this weekend is the first leg of the triple crown of American horse racing. When a horse wins the Kentucky Derby, the...
View ArticlePanoramic 360 Degree View of New York In 1892
360° Panoramic View of New York City From The New York World Building in 1892 Stitching together 10 separate photographs from King’s Handbook of New York City (1892) as best I could, this image gives...
View ArticleA Hard Life – Photos Of Turn-of-the Century Newsboys In New York City
Photographer Lewis Hine Captured Child Labor In Action 10 Of His Newsboy Photographs In New York City 1908-1910 In turn-of-the-century New York, child labor, with some kids working seven days a week,...
View ArticleOld New York In Photos #81 – The Best View in New York City c. 1870
A View Of New York From The Steeple of Trinity Church In mid-19th century New York City if you wanted to be above it all and get a sweeping view of the city there was one place to go: the steeple of...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Welcome In The New Year 1907 – But No Horn Blowing Allowed!
New Year’s Celebration 1907 – New York Police Commissioner Bans Horn Blowing A photographer from the Montauk Photo Concern decided to photograph the scene inside the Cafe Martin, at 26th Street and...
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Old New York In Photos #106 – City Hall and A Description Of The Fabulous...
City Hall & The Pulitzer, aka World Building c 1897 New York’s quaint City Hall is seen here from a circa 1897 stereoview. According to the clock below its cupola it is 4:07 in the afternoon. An...
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New York Illustrated – As It Was 150 Years Ago – Part II
More New York Illustrations From Around 1870 Part II – Familiar Names – Vanished Sites We continue our look at New York of 150 years ago from Reverend J.F. Richmond’s New York and Its Institutions...
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New York City Celebrates New Year’s Eve – 1908
New Year’s Eve In New York City 1908 This December 26, 1907 cover of Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly magazine shows what the scene would be like on New Year’s Eve 1908. How “the merry crowds in New York...
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