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This poem was written by Charles G. D. Roberts and published in the June 1899 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. The poem is about the Brooklyn Bridge and it shows some of the same themes that we have seen in other works. The author is clearly enthralled…

“Husband Hunting” from the Miscellany section of “Harper’s Weekly” is an excerpt from Jane Eyre a novel written by Charlotte Bronte in 1847. This excerpt refutes that women should live their lives for men. The author shows that women should show…

The reason "Wistaria is often times used at weddings and as a symbol of marriage is because of the meaning of the word. Like the wistaria clings to buildings, the married couple clings to each other. However, Mrs. Mantsey lost her husband and has no…

The item chosen is an example of sports journalism back in the 1890s, a summary of a college football game played between Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania, where each team is described in great detail about their season and what…

The item I chose to examine for this article was one of the many pieces of equipment used by gold miners during the Klondike Gold Rush that was called a “rocker box.” This item was used for the means of separating “alluvial placer gold” from the…

The item chosen to be analyzed was an advertisement from the magazine for “flexibone moulded corsets”. This advertisement features a women wearing a corset, and a sentence that reads “Never lose their shape” when listing information about the corset.…

The illustration here depicts Champ De Mars (Field of Mars) as it will be at its completion. The people of New York were still very interested in progress and foreign accomplishments. New York was growing rapidly at the turn of the century, so…

This picture located in digital collection of the New York Public Library depicts the Brooklyn Bridge on the day of it’s grand opening. The bridge officially opened in May 1883 with an elaborate opening ceremony. The ceremony was completed with a…

The image I selected is of two apartment buildings right next to each other. The windows in this apartment building are tall and skinny, which does not let in a lot of light already and even more so since the window faces a wall. In Bartleby the…

The image shows Jewish immigrants en route to America, probably via Ellis Island as it served as the main hub for the immigration of European Jews during the time. The image not only shows Jewish migrants but how the US would start becoming a melting…

When I came across this particular booklet of sheet music for the common day "boychik," I thought that this was the perfect example of Eastern Jewish immigrants attempting to merge into American culture. The cover depicts a Jewish boy that is so…

At first look, the first thing that came to my head as I looked at this picture was "Maggie". What this reminded me of Maggie the most was her lonely walks which is speculated to have turned her into the prostitute she became. It also makes me…

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.

The item I chose is an advertisement that highlights a remedy used to cure alcoholism. Women are the main audience of the advertisement but are not the intended users of the drug. Instead, it is suggested that women sneak the drug into the drinks and…

The item I am going to describe is “Puerto Rico’s First American Election”, written by Edwin Emerson, JR. (Emerson, 7). In this section, Puerto Rico hosts its first American Election between the Republicans and the Federals in which thousands of…

A comprehensive history of New York City from the earliest days of European settlement to 1898, when the five boroughs that now comprise New York City were consolidated.

For my research paper I will be focusing on women's clothing in the 1850's and on and how it defined them. Below are two pictures from a book I found in the library by Elisabeth McClellan titled "Historic Dress in America 1800-1870" and it goes into…

The item from The Ladies’ World titled “The Perfect Poise” is an advertisement about a corset from the brand Ferris Waist. The Ferris Waist corset enables a woman to ride either her bicycle, horse, or play a sport with “easy grace” because every…

This map depicts the social nightlife of Harlem in the early 1930’s. It was drawn by E. Simms Campbell who was an African American artists in the 1900’s, who frequently had his work publish in African American magazines. The map shows specific night…