History, stories, and deep dives from the Bowery Boys.
Latest Article
The KnickAugust 15, 2014
We once lived in a world when cocaine was in nearly everything -- pain relievers, muscle relaxers, wine, fountain drinks, cigarettes, hair tonics, feminine products. It was therapeutic, a "nerve stimulant," a natural remedy and an over-the-counter drug sold in a variety of forms…
→ Read ArticleBrowse by Category
More Articles
Lauren Bacall, the cinema and stage legend who died yesterday at age 89, was once the less enigmatic Betty Joan Perske, a New York girl with a…
Photographed dated 1886, the institution was called Manhattan Hospital then, changing its name to J. Hood Wright Memorial Hospital, then to Knickerbocker Hospital in 1913 (Picture…
Men and women aboard La Lorraine, heading to France and the prospects of a grave war.War was newly ablaze in Europe one hundred years ago today.…
"Of a Sunday, Wall-Street is deserted as Petra; and every night of every day it is an emptiness." -- Herman Melville, Bartelby the Scrivener. The lithograph…
Above: Clara Bow, in It (1927), one of the roles that made her an major film star.Two iconic actresses of the early silent film industry share…
Above: Clara Bow, in It (1927), one of the roles that made her an major film star. Two iconic actresses of the early silent film industry…
Girls with a pretty amazing dollhouse at Seward Park playground. Photo labeled August 1913I'll be traveling for the next few days so I'll be posting here…
Does this woman look like a murderer to you?This is Florence Carman, the wife of Dr. Edwin Carman, one of the most respected men in Freeport,…
Above: One of my favorite pictures of the Williamsburg Bridge, at its opening in 1903 Nothing befits a fireworks display quite like a skyline to frame…
Above (and in the photographs below): Young and old alike enjoy the roof garden atop the Bank of the United States building, on the corner of…
.The second oldest manmade object in New York City -- outside, that is, not in a museum or private collection -- is a solitary little Roman…
Looking up to the Gimbels traverse overhead on 32nd Street (Flickr/Docking Bay 93)One of our podcast listeners Alexander Rea sent over the following photographs of a…
