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American History

American History Podcasts 

The Astonishing Saga of Cyrus West Field and the Atlantic Cable, the “Eighth Wonder of the World”

July 26, 2018February 22, 2019 Bowery Boys 6464 Views 0 Comments

PODCAST The origin of the Atlantic Cable — the first telegraph connection between the Old and the New Worlds —

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American History Podcasts 

The Huddled Masses: Emma Lazarus and the many meanings of the Statue of Liberty

April 20, 2018October 12, 2018 Bowery Boys 7974 Views 0 Comments immigrants, Jewish New York, Statue of Liberty

PODCAST The words of “The New Colossus,” written 135 years ago by Jewish poet Emma Lazarus in tribute to the Statue of

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American History 

The Unusual Place Where Chester A. Arthur Became President of the United States

September 20, 2017 Bowery Boys 4778 Views 0 Comments

There are several enemies in Candice Millard‘s ‘Destiny of the Republic‘, the terrific narrative history of the assassination of President

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American History 

How American Newspapers Reported the New York Blackout of 1977

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 Bowery Boys 1853 Views 0 Comments 1970s, blackout

Forty years ago today, New York City was plunged into darkness. The city has certainly seen longer blackouts in its

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American History Podcasts The Immigrant Experience 

The Arrival of the Irish: An Immigrant Story

March 17, 2017September 18, 2017 Bowery Boys 5815 Views 2 Comments

PODCAST One of the great narratives of American history — immigration — through the experiences of the Irish. You don’t have a

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American History Podcasts 

New York City and the Inauguration of George Washington

January 19, 2017September 18, 2017 Bowery Boys 2708 Views 4 Comments Alexander Hamilton, Congress, Federal Hall, George Washington, Philadelphia, presidents, St. Pauls Church

PODCAST Part One of our two-part series on New York City in the years following the Revolutionary War. The story

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American History 

Election Night 1916: With a world war looming, America goes to the polls

November 7, 2016April 10, 2017 Bowery Boys 1352 Views 0 Comments elections, Hotel Astor, New York City Subway, Times Square, Woodrow Wilson

One hundred years ago today, Americans went to the polls to vote for the President of the United States —

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American History Podcasts 

The New Americans: Look into the faces of the immigrants of Ellis Island

October 7, 2016October 15, 2018 Bowery Boys 2074 Views 0 Comments Ellis Island, immigrants

PODCAST REWIND The epic tale of Ellis Island and the process by which millions of new immigrants entered the United

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American History Bronx History 

The United States Capitol Dome was built in the Bronx

September 8, 2016 Bowery Boys 1634 Views 1 Comment Bronx, iron, Morrisania

In the fall of 1783 Lewis Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence, helpfully suggested in a letter to the

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American History 

Hamilton Grange: New York’s Most Historic Mobile Home (NPS at 100)

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 Bowery Boys 1549 Views 0 Comments Alexander Hamilton, Eliza Hamilton, Hamilton Grange, Harlem, National Park Service

This month America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, the organization which protects the great natural and

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American History 

Castle Clinton: New York’s Most Underappreciated Landmark (NPS 100)

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 Bowery Boys 1719 Views 0 Comments Battery Park, Castle Clinton, National Park Service, New York Aquarium

This month America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, the organization which protects the great natural and

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American History 

In Chinatown, A Poignant Reminder of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

May 19, 2016May 19, 2016 Bowery Boys 1561 Views 1 Comment Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese New York

New York had no significant Asian population in 1880 outside of those who lived on a handful of small streets

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American History 

“My dear Stanford…” Letters from Tesla at the New York Public Library

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 Bowery Boys 1199 Views 1 Comment Nikola Tesla, Stanford White

Here’s a little inside look on some of the fun stuff that we sometimes get to do while researching a

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American History 

Life in New York City 1935-1945: Heavenly images from Yale University

October 21, 2015October 21, 2015 Bowery Boys 2121 Views 1 Comment children, Fulton Fish Market, Great Depression, Madison Square Park, Photography, Rockefeller Center, World War II

Yale University has sprung a beautiful present onto the Internet — a searchable database of over 170,000 public-domain photographs created

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American History 

Remembering the Wall Street bombing of 1920

September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 Bowery Boys 2627 Views 0 Comments disasters, Federal Hall, J.P.Morgan, terrorism, Wall Street

Lunchtime down on Wall Street today is chaotic mess of brokers and bankers on cell phones, tour groups, messengers on

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