The Bowery at Coney Island was a plank street laid out in 1882 by George C. Tilyou , one of the pioneer developers of Coney Island as a summer resort and amusement complex. It was named for the Bowery , the oldest street in Manhattan - which by the...
Topics: 1900s resorts, Brooklyn History, Coney Island, NaNoWriMo, NYC neighborhoods, old menus

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Dr. Justus August - who may or may not be the splendidly bearded man in this advertisement from 1901 ( Brooklyn Daily Eagle , April 15, 1901, p. 31) - shows us that even over 100 years ago (and much earlier than this, too), people were concerned about...
Topics: 1890s ads, 1900s ads, Brooklyn People, Old Advertisements and Products, Victorian Beauty, Victorian Magnetism and Electricity

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This cartoon is from an 1884 issue of Life (Vol. 3, p.326): commentary on the plastering of ads everywhere in New York City which is relevant today, too. The ad on Liberty's arm looks like a tattoo, doesn't it? Of course Lungoria and Snook's.
Topics: 1880s ads, NaNoWriMo

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Charley Snyder was the head keeper of the New York Zoological Society - also known as the Bronx Zoo - in 1915. And he had a huge problem on his hands that summer: all the keepers of the reptile house were convinced that it was haunted by an unknown...

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This week's mystery object is silver, and has an attractive decorative grid, and dates from the end of the 19th century. There are any number of things that it could be. I can think of several. But what do you suppose it was, and how was it used? ...
Topics: Antique Mystery Objects, Guess the Mystery Object

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