Year: 2023

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Foreign Orchestras in New York City [published Dec. 20, 1885]

jpkntz October 31, 2023

New York is this season and has been...

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Managers of the Union Square Theatre [published June 21, 1885]

jpkntz October 30, 2023

By one of those odd coincidences which sometimes...

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McComb’s Masterpiece: City Hall [published July 13, 1884]

jpkntz October 28, 2023

The year I began New York life, some...

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The Intrigues of Miss Moncrieffe [published Dec. 2, 1883]

jpkntz October 27, 2023

It is curious, but from all that I...

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The Music Patronage of Henry Meiggs [published Mar. 25, 1883]

jpkntz October 26, 2023

People are talkin’ now of the monster musical...

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Henry Clay’s Last Campaign, Death, and Funeral [published May 28, 1882]

jpkntz October 25, 2023

Recently I mentioned Louis Kossuth, and described his...

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The Taking of the Rebel Flag at Alexandria [published Oct. 2, 1881]

jpkntz October 24, 2023

Among the New Yorkers who used to flourish...

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Rowing Clubs of New York City [published Aug. 7, 1881]

jpkntz October 23, 2023

Rowin’ is a great sport this Summer both...

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Sketches of Police and Private Detectives [published Jan. 16, 1881]

jpkntz October 22, 2023

I have met with all classes of people...

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The Resignation of a Modest Nude Model [published July 12, 1885]

jpkntz October 20, 2023

LaFarge, the artist, seems to be supported alike...