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Taste of New-York History: Mast Bros. Chocolate
New York has long been a food capital, from the upscale kitchens of our finest restaurants to the bagels and sausages on the street corners. But as anyone who has walked around Brooklyn has figured out, the next chapter of New York’s food history has everything to do with the local, “artisanal” food scene that [...]
Interview With Claire Yaffa, Photographer of Children With AIDS: Spirit and Memory
On June 7, AIDS in New York: The First Five Years opens at the New-York Historical Society. The new exhibit will explore the impact the epidemic had on personal lives, public health, and politics from 1981-1985. The companion exhibition Children With AIDS: Spirit and Memory. Photographs by Claire Yaffa will feature twenty photographs by the acclaimed [...]
Taste of New-York History: Interview With Brent Ridge of Beekman 1802
New York has long been a food capital, from the upscale kitchens of our finest restaurants to the bagels and sausages on the street corners. But as anyone who has walked around Brooklyn has figured out, the next chapter of New York’s food history has everything to do with the local, “artisanal” food scene that [...]
Interview With Maurita Baldock, Curator of Manuscripts
Earlier this week, the New York Times took a look at the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, a group of young archivists, librarians, and historians who meet up and network around the city. One member featured was our very own Curator of Manuscripts, Maurita Baldock! But what exactly does that job entail? We sat [...]
More Of Your WWII Stories
At the end of WWII & NYC, there is a phone booth labeled “Talk to Us,” where visitors have been leaving their comments, questions, and personal stories of World War II. We’ve featured some of the stories here before, but amazing tales just keep coming! WWII & NYC closes on May 27, so if you haven’t already, [...]
Taste of New-York History: Interview With Scott Ketchum of Sfoglini Pasta
New York has long been a food capital, from the upscale kitchens of our finest restaurants to the bagels and sausages on the street corners. But as anyone whose walked around Brooklyn has figured out, the next chapter of New York’s food history has everything to do with the local, “artisanal” food scene that is [...]
The Day Jackie Robinson Signed With The Dodgers
Is everyone excited to see 42, the new film about Jackie Robinson? We definitely are, especially because 66 years ago today, Mr. Robinson officially signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, and took to the field in an exhibition game against the Yankees! Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 and began his professional baseball [...]
Duke Ellington Wants You To Buy War Bonds
In April 1945 VE Day was on the horizon, but victory in the Pacific was still a ways away. In an effort to keep the American public buying War Bonds after victory in Europe, the US Treasury Department set up the “Mighty Seventh War Loan” drive. The slogan “Now—all together” as well as the central theme [...]
Audubon’s Work Becomes Feathering For Rats Nests
Our current exhibition Audubon’s Aviary: Part 1 of the Complete Flock is now open, and everyone is loving the collection of original watercolors displayed throughout the second floor. But did you know that the exhibition also features some lesser-known Auduboniana? One of our favorites is this Meiji Period (approximately 1868-1912) woodcut depicting John James Audubon. Audubon [...]
New York’s First Jews Came From Brazil!
If you’ve noticed the matzoh displays in your grocery store, you’ll know that Passover is coming up soon. New York’s metropolitan area is home to the world’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel, beginning in 1654, when twenty-tree Jewish refugees established the Congregation Shearith Israel in New Amsterdam. It was the first Jewish congregation in North [...]
