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Norman Thomas: Minister, Editor, Six Time Socialist Candidate for President, Former Newsie & Forward Fav
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A minister straight out of the midwest by way of New York's Union Theological Seminary and East Harlem's Presbyterian church, socialist leader who fought against union corruption, and candidate for office for three decades, Norman Thomas, was a favorite of The Forward newspaper.
When NYC Was Electrified: The Hudson-Fulton Celebration
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The Hudson-Fulton Celebration began more than 100 years ago. Starting on September 25, 1909, over a million New Yorkers and tourists enthusiastically joined in the two-week festivities to commemorate the tricentennial of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the river that now bears his name and the centennial of Robert Fulton’s invention of the steamboat. This story can be read in its original format here.
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Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Hotel Meurice, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York City, circa 1893(?).
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Parade, Street Cleaners, Fifth Ave. & 42nd St.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Parade, Street Cleaners, Fifth Ave. & 42nd St.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Parade, Street Cleaners, Fifth Ave. & 42nd St.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Hudson-Fulton celebration, Court of Honor, New York City, night illuminations, September 26, 1909.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Columns of the court of honor on Fifth Avenue erected for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, New York City, 1909.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 42nd Street Fifth Avenue, west side, north,from a point to the south of W. 42nd Street and across same. About 1910 Gift of Urbrock Collection
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Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, looking north from in front of New York Public Library, New York City, undated \[1920s?]. (Roege 9395)
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Crowds at the intersection of Fifth Avenue (?) and 42nd Street, New York City, undated (ca. 1921).
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
\[Armistice Day, silence at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.]
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
\[Armistice Day, silence at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.]
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
\[Armistice Day, silence at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.]
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
\[Armistice Day, silence at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.]
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Changing New York; Tempo of the City II Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
5th Ave. 42nd St. New York City.
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