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Becoming Barnum: Taxidermy & The Physioscope

March 6, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Becoming Barnum podcastIn this episode of the Becoming Barnum podcast, P.T. Barnum was worried about his employees at the American Museum in New York City. He wanted museum taxidermist Emile Guillaudeu to create a pose for a pony’s skin that suggested motion with dignity and speed, but it is uncertain if he was successful. [Read more…] about Becoming Barnum: Taxidermy & The Physioscope

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Circus, New York City, Photography, Podcasts, PT Barnum, Science History, taxidermy

Weegee the Famous: Paparazzo of the Nameless

March 1, 2023 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

Walter Santesso (centre) as freelance photographer Paparazzo in Federico Fellini’s 1960 film LaThe term paparazzo and its plural form paparazzi were first used in English in a Time magazine article dated April 14th, 1961, entitled “Paparazzi on the Prowl.” The piece put the spotlight on a new type of photographer that was giving Rome’s elegant district around Via Veneto an unpleasant reputation. [Read more…] about Weegee the Famous: Paparazzo of the Nameless

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Coney Island, Crime and Justice, Cultural History, Documentary, Film History, Fires, Italian History, Jewish History, Journalism, Lower East Side, Manhattan, modernism, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NYPD, Photography, Pop Culture History

State Parks, DEC Announce 2022 Photo Contest Winners

February 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Bear Mountain Bridge Sunrise courtesy Wendy BlanchardNew York State Office of Parks and Recreation and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the grand prize winner and the category winners of the 2022 Photo Contest. More than 6,000 photographs were received, depicting the beauty of New York State’s outdoors. [Read more…] about State Parks, DEC Announce 2022 Photo Contest Winners

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, Photography, State Parks

Sadakichi Hartmann: A German-Asian-American Artist’s Struggle for Identity

February 9, 2023 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

conversations with Walt WhitmanIn response to the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the founding of a new federal agency, the War Relocation Authority (WRA), which began forcibly removing Japanese Americans from the West Coast and relocate them to isolated inland areas. Around 120,000 people were detained in remote camps for the remainder of the Second World War. [Read more…] about Sadakichi Hartmann: A German-Asian-American Artist’s Struggle for Identity

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Arts and Crafts Movement, Asian-American, Cultural History, French History, German-American History, Immigration, Journalism, Literature, Manhattan, modernism, New York City, Photography, Poetry, Theatre, World War Two, Writing

Hudson River Steamboat Images Go Online

January 3, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Steamboat City of HudsonThe newest collection of Hudson River Maritime Museum material on the New York Heritage website are steamboat images from the Tracey Irving Brooks photograph collection.

Tracey Irving Brooks was a professional quality photographer based in the Capitol Region of New York State. Born in 1888, Brooks photographed Hudson River steamboats during the first half of the 1900s. The collection covers an extensive variety of steamboats on the upper portion of the Hudson River. [Read more…] about Hudson River Steamboat Images Go Online

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Hudson River, Hudson River Maritime Museum, New York Heritage, Online Resources, Photography, Steamboating, Transportation History

Artists Reflect On the Impact of Great Migration in New Exhibit

November 24, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

A Movement in Every DirectionBetween 1915 and 1970, in the wake of racial terror during the post-Reconstruction period, millions of Black Americans fled from their homes to other areas within the South and to other parts of the country. This movement of people caused a radical shift in the demographic, economic, and sociopolitical makeup of the United States.

For instance, New York City — and particularly Manhattan — became home to hundreds of thousands of Black Americans during this time, catalyzing the start of the artistic and cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. [Read more…] about Artists Reflect On the Impact of Great Migration in New Exhibit

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Black History, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Great Migration, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, New York City, painting, Photography

Never Before Seen Kristallnacht Photos Shine Light On Fascism

November 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

page from a rare album featuring photos taken by Nazi photographers during the November PogromA recently discovered photo album donated to Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, includes rare, never-before-seen photos of “Kristallnacht,” on the night of November 9, 1938.

During that night Nazis and their supporters ransacked and demolished Jewish homes, hospitals and schools; destroyed 267 synagogues; damaged or destroyed more than 7,000 Jewish businesses; and arrested and sent to concentration camps some 30,000 Jewish men. [Read more…] about Never Before Seen Kristallnacht Photos Shine Light On Fascism

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Documentary, German-American History, Jewish History, Photography, World War Two

Documentary: The Great American Novel, Truman Capote & Che Guevara

October 26, 2022 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

Great American NovelIn 1868, just a few years after the end of the Civil War, novelist John William De Forest published an essay in The Nation, a political magazine that had been founded in July 1865 in Nassau Street, Manhattan. His contribution was titled “The Great American Novel.” [Read more…] about Documentary: The Great American Novel, Truman Capote & Che Guevara

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Documentary, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Literature, Oral History, Photography, Publishing, World War Two, Writing

Who Owns A Photo Of Your Face? A Rochester Teenager & Privacy Rights

October 16, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Abigail Robeson Franklin Mills Flour Privacy Rights PosterIn the 1890s, Rochester teenager Abigail Roberson was surprised to learn that a portrait she had taken at a local photographic studio was being used on 25,000 lithographic posters created by the Rochester Folding-Box Company to advertise Franklin Mills flour, without her prior knowledge or consent.

The poster, reading “Flour of the Family,” was distributed to stores, warehouses, saloons, and other places around Rochester, NY where her face was recognized by those she knew.  Feeling humiliated by scoffing and jeering from her acquaintances she suffered a breakdown, and was confined her to bed under the treatment of a physician. [Read more…] about Who Owns A Photo Of Your Face? A Rochester Teenager & Privacy Rights

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Culinary History, Historical Society of the New York Courts, Legal History, Monroe County, NYS Archives Trust, Photography, Rochester

Erie Canalway Photo Contest Winners Announced

October 13, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Starry Morning (Lockport) by Jeff TracyThe Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor has announced the winners of the 17th Annual Erie Canalway Photo Contest.

Judges selected winning photos in four contest categories, along with 12 honorable mentions. Winners hail from across the Canalway Corridor. [Read more…] about Erie Canalway Photo Contest Winners Announced

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Erie Canal, Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Photography

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