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Category Archives: History
Part 5 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #5 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s As we complete our look at New York City books from 80+ years ago, some of these dust jackets incorporate photography into … Continue reading
Part 4 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #4 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s Continuing our look at the those great New York City books from 80 years ago, here are more great dust jacket covers. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, New York
Tagged Algonquin Hotel, Art Deco, Artist, Author, Biographies, Book Cover Art, Book Review, Dust Jacket, Otto Soglow, Publishing, The New Yorker
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Part 3 Even More Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #3 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s We continue with our look at vintage books about New York City with great dust jackets. (click here to read part 1 … Continue reading
Part 2 More Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #2 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s We continue our look at some great New York City books from the 1920′s and 1930′s with exceptional artwork on their dust … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, New York
Tagged Art Deco, Artist, Author, Book Cover Art, Book Review, Dust Jacket, New York Herald, New York Times, Publishing, Waldorf-Astoria
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Part 1 Vintage New York City Books With Great Art Deco Dust Jackets
The Art of The Book #1 – New York City Deco Dust Jackets From The 20′s & 30′s From the 1920′s until the 1940′s, book publishers put out some phenomenal books about New York. They also hired talented artists to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, New York
Tagged Algonquin Hotel, Art Deco, Artist, Author, Biographies, Book Cover Art, Book Review, Dust Jacket, Harpo Marx, Otto Soglow, Publishing, The New Yorker
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Times Square New Year’s Eve: Celebrations Of The Past
4 Photographs Of Times Square On New Year’s Eve 1952-1965 Another New Year’s celebration tonight. What did it look like half a century ago? Pretty much the same. Here are four photographs of Times Square as it appeared during New … Continue reading
Helen Keller And Al Smith 1929
New York State Commission For The Blind Christmas Fundraiser 1929 This news photograph reads: Helen Keller “Sees” And “Hears” Al Smith — World Famous Blind Deaf-Mute Meets Ex-Governor For First Time At Sale Benefiting The Blind New York City – … Continue reading
Posted in History, Movies, New York, Photography
Tagged 1929, Academy Award, Al Smith, Anne Bancroft, Author, Entertainment, Helen Keller, The Miracle Worker
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Old New York In Photos #24
Fort Tryon Hill As Seen From Fort George Hill The northern area of Manhattan: Washington Heights, Inwood and Fort Tryon were among the last areas of the island to be developed. Much of the area remained somewhat rural until the … Continue reading
First Pneumatic Mail Delivery In New York 1897
The Pneumatic Mail Tubes And The “Age of Speed” Reading Howard Wallace Connelly’s highly entertaining 1931 autobiography Fifty-Six Years In The New York Post Office- A Human Interest Story of Real Happenings in the Postal Service (self-published) the following anecdote … Continue reading
New Yorker’s Starved For News
Newspaper Strike Ends December 8, 1953 Beginning November 28, 1953, six of New York’s seven daily newspapers went on strike. 400 photo engravers demanded better pay and working conditions and the other newspaper employees honored their picket lines. For eleven days New York … Continue reading