Hi
On my visit to NY i would like to find a museum or gallary that shows old black and white pictures of people and scenes of people working in the streets of NY, PLUS working enviroments around the late 18th and early 19th centuary.I am also interested in the Irish quarters around that time. Can anyone help !!
Thanks
18th %26amp; 19th Centuary History
Nothing simpler.
Go to:
The New-York Historical Society
The Musuem of the City of New York
The New York Public Library - Room 121 (Milstein Division)
Also try contacting the American Irish Historical Society:
http://www.aihs.org/
And check out this page from the NYPL site:
www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/nyc2.cfm
18th %26amp; 19th Centuary History
I agree..the NY Historical Society is a wealth of info(we are still members,tho%26#39; we moved eons ago;visit once a year and always find something new.Their library is wonderful). And,did someone already suggest Museum of the City of NY?and possibly the Fireman,and Police museums..I would also recommend The Merchant%26#39;s House Museum,29 East 4th St.;and the Abigail Adams Smith hotel,now called Mt.Vernon museum %26amp; Garden :421 E.61st St. If you would like to ,try the old carriage house restaurant on Barrow St,';One if by Land..';for a fine dinner in an historical spot.
hi rockdg
though not a photo archive, you may or may not be interested in visiting the Irish Hunger Memorial downtown in Battery Park City. I think it%26#39;s quite moving:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Hunger_Memorial
鈥ysed.gov/nysssa/HungerMemorial/HungerMemor鈥?/a>
Plenty of Irish info. Here%26#39;s some reading
historyplace.com/worldhistory/鈥merica.htm
http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm
鈥bout.com/od/civilwar/p/irishbrigade01.htm
http://www.irishinnyc.freeservers.com/
On that last site, there are links on the left (hard to see/read) with the names of different Irish neighborhoods.
The Tenement Museum on a Mon. might be of interest to you.
http://www.tenement.org/tours.html#irish
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