Light is better?
In 1919, representatives for the Northern New York Utilities, Inc., wrote to New York Congressman David O’Connell objecting to the complete prohibition of alcoholic...
Marching for women’s right to vote
This photograph of the fourth annual suffrage parade in New York City in 1913 shows some of the march’s 10,000 participants. In the early 20th century, suffragists...
New York in flames?
Not really. The German air and submarine attack depicted by Joseph Pennell in this 1918 poster never actually took place. By evoking this potential threat, however,...
On the picket line
The man and woman in this Depression-era photograph are walking a strike picket line in New York City in 1937. The woman’s placard bears the initials of the...
Petition for Naturalization for Hiao-Tsiun Ma
Composer and conductor Hiao-Tsiun Ma was born in Ningpo, Chekian, China, on July 11, 1911. He filed this petition for naturalization on October 11, 1972. He had two...
Planning Truman’s re-election
Less than three months before the 1948 election, Presidential incumbent Harry S. Truman received this memorandum (page one of eight) outlining the goals of his...
Propeller
On October 13, 1904, William B. Hayden, resident of New York, submitted a patent application for improvements to the propeller. In his application, he states that his...