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clintonhotel

The Clinton Hotel [published Jan. 11, 1885]

jpkntz July 14, 2023

I stood recently lookin’ at the Potter buildin’...

highbridge

The Forgotten Bridge Jumper [published Jan. 6, 1884]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

It seems a cast-iron law of that queer...

pokercards

Playing Poker in New York with Napoleon [published Apr. 16, 1882]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

Of all games with cards “draw poker” has...

middledutchcurch

The Dutch Church Affrays [published Apr. 13, 1884]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

The papers have been full lately of the...

icebridge

Henry Ward Beecher On Thin Ice [published Feb. 8, 1885]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

Readin’ the other day an account of the...

madisoncottage

Moving Day Woes [published May 17, 1885]

jpkntz July 13, 2023

Less than forty years ago, when the first...

horsegaits-1

Is the Trot a Natural Gait? [published Aug. 23, 1885]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

I see the sportin’ and daily papers have been...

waxworks

Horace Greeley Transformed [published Apr. 13, 1884]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

The recent openin’ of the new Eden museum...

williamsburg

Williamsburg vs. Brooklyn [published Aug. 17, 1884]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

Political feelin’ in New York and Brooklyn ran...

williampitt

The Vandalized Statue of William Pitt [published Mar. 16, 1884]

jpkntz July 12, 2023

We haven’t got many relics of the past...