#New York Historical Society

[lionofchaeronea]

The Course of Empire: Destruction, Thomas Cole, 1836

#art #art history #Thomas Cole #landscape #landscape painting #allegory #allegorical art #Hudson River School #American art #Anglo-American art #19th century art #oil on canvas #New York Historical Society

[okgrapefruitgo]

Went to see the J.C. Leyendecker exhibit at the New-York Historical Society.

#jc leyendecker #gayman #gay painting #gay artwork #gay art #gay artist #new york #historical society #new york historical society #joseph christian leyendecker #leyendecker

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“Now I know the things I know and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!” ⁣⁣

⁣A little #MondayMotivation for you from writer #DorothyParker—born #OnThisDay in 1893 in West End, New Jersey. She grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. In 1919, she became a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, an informal luncheon club of writers held at the Algonquin Hotel in Midtown.⁣⁣

⁣⁣#DidYouKnow Parker was blacklisted by Hollywood for her Communist sympathies just as she was reaching her peak as a screenwriter. The FBI tracked her movements for nearly a quarter of a century, following her from event to event. They had around 1,000 pages of intel on Parker. In 1951 when agents showed up on her doorstop and asked her if she had conspired to overthrow the government, Parker responded, “Listen, I can’t even get my dog to stay down. Do I look to you like someone who could overthrow the government?”⁣⁣

⁣⁣When she died in 1967 she left her estate to Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1988, the NAACP claimed Parker's remains and designed a memorial garden for them outside their Baltimore headquarters, where they remained for decades. The plaque reads, "Here lie the ashes of Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) humorist, writer, critic. Defender of human and civil rights." For her epitaph she suggested, "Excuse my dust." ⁣⁣

⁣Encyclopedia Britannica

[New-York Historical Society]

#Dorothy Parker #New York Historical Society #Algonquin Hotel #NAACP

[petsincollections]

William Gray Hassler with an armload of kittens, undated (ca. 1910-1911).

William Davis Hassler (1877-1921) was born in Cochranton and raised in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He moved to New York City with his wife in 1905. There he worked first in business management before embarking in 1909 on a career as a commercial photographer that lasted until his early death in 1921. Hassler shot a wide range of subjects for a variety of clients, from magazines to construction companies, postal card publishers, and private commissions. Regular work came from the real estate auction house Joseph P. Day, for whom Hassler documented properties all over the five boroughs of New York City as well as Westchester County, Long Island, and New Jersey; and from the United Electric Light & Power Company, who he provided with images of power plants, illuminated signs, and product shots of electrical appliances of all kinds. Hassler was also an avid photographer of his family and friends, including his sister Harriet E. Hassler, who was head of the children’s department of the Queens Borough Public Library, his wife Ethel Magaw Hassler, and his son William Gray Hassler. Hassler resided at 150 Vermilyea Avenue, apartment 44, in Inwood.

New-York Historical Society, Photographs of New York City and Beyond

Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York

#cats #kittens #children #new york historical society #digital culture of metropolitan new york #photographs of new york city and beyond

[ajl1963]

Deco Doings - September, 2022

Deco Doings – September, 2022

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#1939-1940 New York World&039;s Fair #Art Deco Society of California #Art Deco Society of New York #Art Deco Society of Washington #Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum #Cincinnati Art Museum #Joseph Urban #Montreal #Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art #New York Adventure Club #New York Historical Society #Radio City Music Hall #Winold Reiss

[auralboy]

My visit to The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming exhibit at the New York Historical Society Museum.

#salem witch trials #New York Historical Society #alexander mcqueen #selfie

[nyc-cpw]

New York Historical Society

Founded in 1804, the New York Historical Society is the oldest museum in Manhattan. Today, the museum presents informative public programming, events, and exhibitions exploring both the history of New York City and the nation at large. Inside the NYHS, you will also find the DiMenna Children’s Museum and Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library.

The permanent exhibitions at both the museum and the library offer an assortment of educational materials and programming for kids, from toddlers to age thirteen.

#New York Historical Society

[hiyutekivigil]

at New York's Penn Station

photo by Michael Beschloss

#new york #penn station #new york penn station #michael beschloss #photography #black and white #black and white photography #historical photography #academia #academia aesthetic #dead poets society #dead poets society aesthetic #hiyutekivigil

[nyhistory]

Margaret Bourke-White never let an important moment escape her. A pioneer in the field of photojournalism, she worked across genres and was a frequent contributor to LIFE and Fortune magazines.

By 1930, Bourke-White moved into offices on the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building. She befriended the stainless steel gargoyles that lived outside of her window (affectionately nicknamed “Bill” and “Min”), and even found opportunity to take her camera out onto one of the Art Deco beasts to capture images of New York City’s changing skyline.

The Patricia D. Klingenstein Library holds a number of Bourke-White's letters from this era, all part of the Time Inc. records. What they reveal is a businesswoman and creator at work, battling to preserve the pay and credit she felt she deserved. 

On view now at the New-York Historical Society: Cocktails at Three Paces: A Closer Lens on Margaret-Bourke White

Copy of the Time Inc. company newsletter "FYI" from July 2, 1965.

#new-york historical society #archives #new york city #chrysler building #black and white photography #photography #life magazine

[taxi-davis]

#The Lass Who Loved a Sailor by John Held Jr. #Life magazine #June 24 1926. New-York Historical Society Library. #art #art deco #sailor #flapper #love #romance #lovecore #1920s #1920s fashion #magazine art #vintage #alcohol #tattoos

[yr-obedt-cicero]

New York State Society of the Cincinnati, on the death of Alexander Hamilton

At a special meeting of the the State Society of the Cincinnati, held at Ross's Hotel in Broad-street, in the City of New-York, on Tuesday, the 17th day of July, 1804: This Society, deeply afflicted by the death of their President-General, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, and earnestly desirous of testifying the high respect they feel for his memory (bowing with submission to the mysterious Will of Heaven) and feeling the deepest affliction at an event which has deprived them of their most illustrious Member—their Country of its most enlightened and useful Statesman—and the world of one of those extraordinary Men, which ages have rarely produced; unanimously agree to the following Resolutions: I. Resolved, That a letter be drafted and addressed to the Vice-President-General of the Society, and Circular Letters to the several State Societies, announcing this sad event, the deep and universal sorrow it has occasioned in this Society, and amongst their fellow-citizens of every description; and that the Rev. Mr. Linn, General Clarkson, Mr. Dunscomb, Mr. Hardie, and Col. Platt, be a Committee to draft such letters. II. Resolved, That the said Committee draft a letter of condolence to Mrs. Hamilton, which letter and letters, when prepared, are to be signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary of the Society. III. Resolved, That Gen. Clarkson, Mess'rs Watson and Burrel, be a Committee to wait on the Rev. Mr. Mason, and request him to prepare and deliver an Oration on the 31st instant, in honour of the Talents, the Virtues, and eminent Services of that Great Man whose loss we deplore; and that the said Committee make such arrangements as may be proper on the occasion. IV. Resolved, That a Monument be erected in Trinity Church, by this Society, to the memory of Alexander Hamilton, its late President-General, with a suitable Inscription; and that Mr. Gouverneur Morris, the Rev. Dr. Linn, and Mr. Morton, be a Committee to carry this resolution into effect. V. Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be presented to Mr. Gouverneur Morris, for his prompt compliance with their wishes, in delivering an Eulogium at the Funeral Ceremonies of their deceased President-General, Alexander Hamilton. VI. Resolved, That the several Resolutions passed at this meeting, be transmitted to the Vice-President-General of the Society, and to the respective State Societies, and be also published. W. S. SMITH, President.

W. POPHAM, Secretary.

Source — Library of Congress, Digital Collections, manuscript/mixed material. Image 8 of Alexander Hamilton Papers: Family Papers, 1737-1917; 1804-1805

The New York State Society of Cincinnati - also known as The Society of the Cincinnati - is a fraternal hereditary society founded on June 9, 1783, to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States. In order to perpetuate their fellowship, the founders made membership hereditary. [x] The Society has had three goals; “To preserve the rights so dearly won; to promote the continuing union of the states; and to assist members in need, their widows, and their orphans.” To achieve these aims, the Society called on its members to contribute a month's pay. George Washington was the first president general of the Society. The army's chief of artillery, Henry Knox, was the chief author of the Institution.

The organization was named after, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a farmer who left his farm to serve as a Roman Consul and Magister Populi (With temporary powers similar to that of a modern-era dictator). In response to a military emergency, he took over the city of Rome as a legitimate dictator. After the conflict, he gave the Senate back the initiative and resumed cultivating his fields. This philosophy of unselfish service is reflected in the Society's motto; He gave up everything to keep the Republic alive, or Omnia reliquit servare rempublicam.

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded by officers at the Continental Army encampment at Newburgh, like Major General Henry Knox. The first meeting of the Society was held in the May of 1783 at a dinner at the Verplanck House Fishkill, New York, (Which was Baron Von Steuben's headquarters during the Revolution) before the British evacuation from New York City. The meeting was presided over by Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, with Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton serving as the orator. The participants agreed to stay in contact with each other after the war. Mount Gulian is considered the birthplace of the Society of the Cincinnati, where the Institution was formally adopted on May 13, 1783. To this day the members of the organization meet annually at the Verplanck homestead. It is modernly known as The Mount Gulian historic site and looks very much as it did in 1783. There you will find the Cincinnati Gallery, dedicated to the New York State Society, with displays, artifacts, and documents illustrating the founding and activities of the Society during its continuous existence since 1783. Read more here.

While the NYSSOTC did erect the famous white monument on top of the grave of Hamilton, [x] in 1957 they erected another monument in Financial District in Manhattan in New York County engraved with; “To the Memory of Alexander Hamilton 1757 - 1804. Lieutenant Colonel, Aide de Camp to Gen. Washington And Those Other Officers of the Continental Army & Navy Original Members of the Society Whose Remains are Interred in the Churchyards of Trinity Parish” [x]

#amrev #american history #alexander hamilton #historical alexander hamilton #new york state society of the cincinnati #baron von steuben #henry knox #george washington #history #cicero's history lessons #friedrich wilhelm von steuben

[lionofchaeronea]

The Fourth of July, 1916, Childe Hassam, 1916

#Fourth of July #art #art history #Childe Hassam #Frederick Childe Hassam #genre painting #cityscape #street scene #Impressionism #Impressionist art #American Impressionism #United States #American art #20th century art #New York City #New York Historical Society

[garadinervi]

Audre Lorde, February 18, 1934 / 2023

(image: Audre Lorde, n.d. (between 1970 and 1978). Women & the American Story (WAMS), New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women's History, New York, NY. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)

#poetry #photography #audre lorde #birthday anniversary #women & the american story #new york historical society’s center for women's history #library of congress #1930s #1970s #2020s

[petsincollections]

Walcott Edward Spofford and Donald Maxson (young men looking at photographs), Webb Academy, Bronx, October 31, 1914. One man holds a kitten.

New-York Historical Society, Photographs of New York City and Beyond

Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York

#cats #kittens #new york historical society #digital culture of metropolitan new york

[ajl1963]

October Deco Doings

Autumn by William Welsh, 1930. Image from Pinterest. Here are some Art Deco events to enjoy this October.   New York Historical Society The Art of Winold Reiss: An Immigrant Modernist (In Person Event)      Friday, July 1 – Sunday, October 9, 2022 New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, New York.   Cincinnati Art Museum Unlocking an Art Deco Bedroom by Joseph Urban (In…

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#Art Deco #Art Deco Society of Los Angeles #Art Deco Society of New York #Art Deco Society of the UK #Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum #Cincinnati Art Museum #Cocktails #Cord #Hollywood Forever Cemetery #Joseph Urban #Los Angeles Conservancy #Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art #New York Historical Society #Susie Cooper #Tam O&039;Shanter #Winold Reiss

[power-chords]

Mom and I are doing a museum and theater day together :’)

#at the New-York Historical Society no less AKA my FAVORITE museum in the city