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Archer M. Huntington: Titan Arts Patron of New York City

March 27, 2023 by Andrew Kurt Leave a Comment

As New York City reached its Silver Jubilee in 1923, one of the ways it celebrated 25 years since its formation as a greater city uniting the five boroughs was to have residents vote on the six people who had done the city the most good. Who made the Big Apple’s early honor list? [Read more…] about Archer M. Huntington: Titan Arts Patron of New York City

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History, American Numismatic Society, Art History, Cultural History, Hispanic History, Hispanic Society of America, Manhattan, Museum of the American Indian, New York City, sculpture, spanish history

A United Nations Exhibit Sheds Light On Dutch Colonial Slavery

February 23, 2023 by Alan J. Singer Leave a Comment

Foot stocks built to hold nine enslaved peopleThe exhibit “Slavery: Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam” will be displayed in the lobby of the United Nations in New York City from February 27 through March 30, 2023.

The exhibition explores ten true personal stories centered on wooden foot stocks known as a “tronco” (Portuguese for tree trunk) that were used to constrain enslaved people by clamping their ankles. The foot stocks represent the more than one million people who forced to work in Dutch colonies on sugar plantations and in mines and harbors in Brazil, Suriname, the Caribbean, South Africa, and Asia. [Read more…] about A United Nations Exhibit Sheds Light On Dutch Colonial Slavery

Filed Under: Events, History, New Exhibits, New York City Tagged With: Black History, Dutch History, Manhattan, Netherlands, New Amsterdam, New Netherland, New York City, Slavery, Spanish Empire, spanish history, United Nations

Manhattan’s Great Art Dealers: Some History

January 4, 2023 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

Mary Mason Jones’ marble mansionManhattan’s 57th Street, the world’s “most expensive” street, was laid out and opened in 1857 as the city of New York expanded northward.

With the Hudson and East Rivers on either end, the area was until then largely uninhabited and clustered with small factories and workshops. As late as the 1860s, the area east of Central Park was a shantytown with up to 5,000 squatters.

Half a century later it was Manhattan’s cultural heart and an intercontinental meeting place of artists, collectors and dealers. [Read more…] about Manhattan’s Great Art Dealers: Some History

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Architecture, Art History, French History, German-American History, Immigration, Impressionism, Manhattan, modernism, Museum of Modern Art, Museums, New York City, painting, spanish history

Oyster Slurpers: A Tale of Two Rivers

January 19, 2022 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

The Cryes of the City of LondonFor thousands of years the Thames provided London’s inhabitants with a plentiful supply and variety of fish. Until the 1820s locally caught fish was the city’s staple diet. Subsequent pollution of the river drove many professional fishermen and their families into financial ruin because of the collapse of fish populations.

Up until the twentieth century New York Harbor oysters reigned as the quintessential New York food long before pizza, pretzels, bagels, or hot dogs took their place. The metropolis once was a Big Oyster. There too, reckless management of the marine environment led to the obliteration of a huge natural resource. [Read more…] about Oyster Slurpers: A Tale of Two Rivers

Filed Under: Food, History, Nature, New York City Tagged With: Culinary History, Environmental History, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Hudson River, London, Long Island, Manhattan, Maritime History, New Amsterdam, New York City, New York Harbor, Oysters, pollution, shellfish, spanish history, Suffolk County

Andalusian Allure: From Washington Irving to Thomas Edison

December 2, 2021 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

Theodoor de By’s engraving of a Spaniard feeding slain women and children to his dogs, 1598.Washington Irving was the son of immigrants. His father was a Presbyterian Scot, his mother Cornish. He was born on April 3rd, 1783, the same week that New Yorkers celebrated the ceasefire that ended the American Revolution. His parents named their son after George Washington. They had settled at 131 William Street, Manhattan, and were part of the city’s merchant class.

Washington began writing letters to the New York Morning Chronicle in 1802. He gained recognition as a satirical author in 1809 with A History of New York using the pseudonym Dietrich Knickerbocker. He riveted readers with his irreverent combination of fact and fancy. [Read more…] about Andalusian Allure: From Washington Irving to Thomas Edison

Filed Under: Arts, History, New York City Tagged With: Art History, Cultural History, Dance, Film History, Hispanic History, Literature, New York City, Opera, Performing Arts, spanish history, Thomas Edison, Washington Irving

New Book Focuses on The Moro War

January 14, 2012 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

moro-war-how-america-battled-muslim-insurgency-in-james-r-arnoldAfter defeating Spain in Cuba and in the Philippines in 1898, the U.S. purchased the Philippines, Puerto Rico and several other islands (like Guam and Cuba) from the Spanish. However, Filipinos and other peoples of the archipelago (notably the region’s Muslims or Moros) had been fighting a long and bloody resistance against Spanish control, and had no intention of becoming a colony of another imperialist power.

That war lasted for more than 10 years, encompassing both the Philippine-American War (1899-1906) and often simultaneous conflict usually known as the Moro Insurrection (1902-1913). James R. Arnold’s The Moro War: How America Battled a Muslim Insurgency in the Philippine Jungle, 1902-1913 is a significant new addition to our understanding of the Moro War. [Read more…] about New Book Focuses on The Moro War

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Military History, spanish history, Spanish-American War

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