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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…

One specific article in this specific issue of Harper’s Monthly is a detailed article about a poet, William Cullen Bryant and his work. William Bryant was a born in a beautiful part of Western MA and often wrote his poetry about the beautiful nature…

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…

Laurent Deroy's lithograph of a painting by August Köllner depicts the setting of Melville's story "Bartleby the Scrivener," Wall Street c. 1850. Trinity Church, which still stands at the end of Wall Street, is mentioned in the story.

This graphic is composed of period panoramas from the 1850s to the 1930s that illustrate the vertical growth of buildings on Wall Street. It shows how the buildings on Wall Street from Broadway to Pearl Street have continued to grow taller and taller…

This "University of the City of New York, Washington Square" water color print illustrates the landscape of Washington Square in 1850. According to websites of New York University and the Washington Square Park Conservancy, the Gothic Revival…

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 article, “The Red Petticoat and its Pedigree,” is a timeline of sorts for the hoop skirt for women. The article seems to be dedicated to “...Mrs. Selby, the inventor of the hooped petticoat.” who apparently died from a fever caused by an…

This illustration accompanies an article describing St. Valentine’s day. The image is of an upset man, looking as if he has been the victim of a cheap trick. The caption of the image is “The recipient of the comic valentine”. The article describes…

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)…

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…

Nathaniel Currier's lithograph titled "The Fire of July 19, 1845 -- The View At Bowling Green" depicts the spread of a massive fire in downtown New York City. The blazing fire, beginning just at dawn on Saturday, July 19, 1845, erupted into a…

The illustration is a satire of country life from the perspective of a New York City Resident. In the 1850’s, New York City was growing rapidly. Manhattan was becoming more urban in a northward direction. Some chose to move away from the metropolitan…

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…

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 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…

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 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 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…