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What's funny about this post is the fact that this picture would not be relevant to the thought of Wall Street. Considering that in today's Wall Street a picture of it would not include a sky because of New York's architectural advances. It's also…

The Illustrated Manners Book; A Manual of Good Behavior and Polite Accomplishments comes from the monthly magazine, The Dime. The Dime would post etiquette columns every so often informing men and women on correct etiquette. This is the cover of a…

This image is of the Protestant Orphan School in 1870, an orphanage created by a religious institution. This orphanage is located in Australia but it resembles an orphanage in America during this time. The Protestant Orphan School was originally…

This illustration, featured in the September 11, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly, depicts a large gathering of people celebrating the establishment of the Atlantic Cable. Cyrus W. Field, creator of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, successfully laid down…

This item is an article on marriage. The article is clearly directed at men, and does not discriminate by age, race, or economical background. It encourages a man to get married because it will make his life better. The item, although there is no…

The Weekly Market Summary offers an insight of what life was like in the 1850’s. A weekly market summary outlines the important points on a marketing report so someone does not have to read through the whole plan to learn significant information.…

This image is depicted in Mr. Longworth’s Vineyard, near Cincinnati, where men and woman are working. The audience for this specific image is the working class and people consume/are interested in wine. This could be for a wide age range,…

This image is from Harper's Weekly on June 11, 1859 and has a particular relationship to Henry James' Washington Square. It is of a women’s rights convention held in New York. In the image, a woman is asserting herself and her independence by…

This home is considered to be a “hovel”. It is the home to two African American families in Washington, D.C in 1935. The home is very tiny, especially for two families living it in. There is not much more to the house other than what is seen in…

This 2008 photo shows Trinity Church, a landmark mentioned in Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener," as it appears today from the end of Wall Street.

This illustrated essay shows different street views of New York in the 1850s--many taken from Harper's Weekly--including views of Broadway (which appears in Lydia Maria Child and George Foster's work). Friedman-Stadtler also discusses the import of…

The image on the cover of the August 28th, 1858 issue of Harper’s Weekly depicts a fire at City Hall in New York City caused by fireworks honoring the success of the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable. According to PBS, this cable ran from…

This illustration was dated August 18, 1858 from New York. The image depicts a large crowd gathered around the City Hall and watching firefighters put out a fire that has already semi-destroyed the building. The audience for this specific item is…

The illustration of the burning of New York’s City Hall was featured on the cover of the Harper’s Weekly Magazine published on August 28, 1858. The fire took place on the night of Tuesday, August 17, 1858 and lasted until three, the morning of the…

This item is a section of some of the small short blurbs featured in the Harper’s New Monthly Magazine “Monthly Record of Current Events”. This stories highlighted in this section is the torrential weather in Belgium, the political on goings in…

I chose to analyze an illustration in a series of pictures paired with a poem. This poem had a span of two pages and was titled “The Lay of the Cable”(Campbell 744). The poem talks about the “inlays and outlays; the relays and delays”(Campbell 744)…

On September 1, 1858, the Staten Island Quarantine Hospital was swarmed by a group of people who set fire to the hospital facilities. The goal of the fires was to remove the hospital and keep the sick immigrants from entering the country. Many of the…

This image is a valuable tool in terms of understanding the history of New York City. Taken in 1848, the image highlights a busy New York City. The boat traffic in the river helps to build an understanding of how goods, services and people made it to…