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Turn of the Century Directory
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- 6 visitors recommend:
NYC tenement museum would oust residents
Source: Boston Globe
City: New York, State: NY
- The museum that preserves the Lower East Side's immigrant history is seeking to expand ... by evicting current residents. (4/22/02)
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- 3 visitors recommend:
History of the Airplane
Source: Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation
E-mail: 1rst2fly@megsinet.net
- A short, readable introduction to the history of manned, heavier-than-air flight.
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- 11 visitors recommend:
The Hell Gate
Source: NewYorkHistory.info
Author: William Kornblum
City: New York, State: NY
- This chapter from William Kornblum's "At Sea in the City" recounts stories from the East River passage known as "Hell Gate," including the horrible 1904 burning of the ferry General Slocum which took the lives of 1,000 German-Americans.
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- 8 visitors recommend:
Gustav Klimt
Source: Interesting.com
- Art prints and links for Austrian Art Nouveau painter Gustav Klimt. Send a free e-card with his painting, The Kiss.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Alphonse Mucha
Source: Interesting.com
- Art posters, links, and free e-cards for premier Art Nouveau styleist of the turn of the century, Alphonse Mucha. Mucha created famous lithographs such as Job, Morning Star, and Dance.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Edvard Munch
Source: Interesting.com
- Art posters, links, and free e-cards for the famous Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch, including The Scream and his Madonna.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
Brattleboro Historical Society photo archive
Source: Brattleboro Historical Society
State: VT
- A searchable database of over 2,500 high-quality glass plate photographs from 19th and 20th century New England, especially Vermont.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Home Page
Source: Chris Whitten
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec has become famous as the bohemian artist of the Moulin Rouge. He captured the spirit and emotion of the belle epoque, the "beautiful era" in Paris, through his posters and prints. This Web site is devoted to his life and work.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Source: Interesting.com
- Art prints, free e-cards, and links for the Art Nouveau painter Theophile Alexandre Steinlen. You can send a free e-card with the felines of Les Chats or Chat Noir.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
The History Box
Source: Miriam Medina
City: New York, State: NY
E-mail: miriammedina@earthlink.net
- A vast array of historical articles and links regarding the history of NYS, NYC and the U.S.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
'To Fly is Everything ...' Virtual Museum
Source: Gary Bradshaw
E-mail: glb2@ra.msstate.edu
- Includes a digital library of e-texts, video clips of early craft in flight, a database of early craft, and capsule bios of the pioneers.
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- 6 visitors recommend:
White Star Line advertising poster for Titanic routes to NY and Boston
Source: AllPosters
City: Boston, State: MA
- A large, color 33 in. x 46 in. art print of an original poster advertising the White Star Line's huge new steamers Olympic and Titanic. This poster promotes the routes to New York and Boston.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Christmas Wishes art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 25 in. x 12 in. art print of vintage Santa Claus and Christmas images.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
White Star Line advertising poster for the Olympic and Titanic
Source: AllPosters
- 24 in. x 36 in. art print of an original poster advertising the White Star Line's huge new steamers.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Rainy Day, Boston, art print
Source: AllPosters
City: Boston, State: MA
- A 36 in. x 24 in. art print by Childe Hassam.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
South Boston Pier art print
Source: AllPosters
City: Boston, State: MA
- An attractive 23 in. x 27 in. impressionist art print by Maurice B. Prendergast featuring South Boston Pier, circa 1896.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
LaSalle Street art print
Source: AllPosters
City: Chicago, State: IL
- A 22 in. x 28 in. colorized art print of a view up LaSalle.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Christmas Dreams art print
Source: AllPosters
- A 25 in. x 12 in. art print of vintage Santa Claus and Christmas images.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Canals and Waterways of Great Britain
Source: The Frith Book Company
Author: Needham
Country: United Kingdom
- A selection of archive photos from the famous Francis Frith Collection. Includes a voucher for a free mounted print of any photo in the book. (01/00)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Canterbury Cathedral
Source: The Frith Book Company
Author: Martin Andrew
Country: United Kingdom
- A selection of archive photos from the famous Francis Frith Collection. Includes a voucher for a free mounted print of any photo in the book. (01/01)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Around Dublin
Source: The Frith Book Company
Author: Livingston
Country: United Kingdom
- A selection of archive photos from the famous Francis Frith Collection. Includes a voucher for a free mounted print of any photo in the book. (01/99)
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- 1 visitors recommend:
British Life a Century Ago
Source: The Frith Book Company
Author: Sackett
Country: United Kingdom
- A selection of archive photos from the famous Francis Frith Collection. Includes a voucher for a free mounted print of any photo in the book. (01/99)
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Down the Thames
Source: The Frith Book Company
Author: Martin Andrew
Country: United Kingdom
- A selection of archive photos from the famous Francis Frith Collection. Includes a voucher for a free mounted print of any photo in the book. (01/00)
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Shackleton's Boat Journey
Source: Amazon
Author: Frank Arthur Worsley
- From an Amazon reader: "There are longer and 'prettier' books out there of this amazing tale, most of which I own, but for me, it all started with Frank Worsley's little book. None read as fine as his. ... I am rarely 'goosebumped' by any author but Worsley finds a way. I've only read it once but it is 'dog-eared' beyond belief thanks to all the friends I have passed it on to!" (1998)
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Eight Men Out (DVD)
Source: Amazon.com
City: Chicago, State: IL
- The story of the Chicago White Sox who conspired with gamblers to fix the 1919 World Series. A great baseball movie (1988)
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