Harry Hill's Gotham

• Children
• Organizations

Jared Macy, 19th Century Children’s Advocate [published Sep. 16, 1883]

jpkntz July 17, 2023

      There used to be a “character” around New...

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• Entertainments
• Sports
• Writers and Editors

Bowling Saloons and Living Statues [published Jan. 29, 1882]

jpkntz July 16, 2023

      Everybody knows how popular billiards are to-day in...

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• Entrepreneurs
• Opera
• Restaurants

Ferdinand Palmo and Italian Opera in New York [published Sep. 11, 1881]

jpkntz July 16, 2023

      The recent death of that “prince of caterers,”...

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• Horses and Horseracing
• Landmarks
• Stock Market
• Taverns

The Bull’s Head Inn & Livestock Market [published Sep. 23, 1883]

jpkntz July 16, 2023

      Dabblin’ in horses for a friend of mine...

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• Horses and Horseracing

Lady Suffolk and Tacony [published Aug. 3, 1884]

jpkntz July 15, 2023

A few days ago William H. Vanderbilt was more...

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• Eccentrics
• Entrepreneurs
• Scandals

The Curious Career of Talbot Watts [published Feb. 24, 1884]

jpkntz July 15, 2023

      Writin’ of William E. Burton, last week, caused...

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• Firefighters
• Riots

The Early Days of “Black Joke” Engine 33 [published Feb. 8, 1885]

jpkntz July 15, 2023

      Old Black Joke Engine Company 33 has come...

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• Actors
• Brooklyn
• Dance
• Eccentrics

Lola Montez, Smoking [published Nov. 13, 1881]

jpkntz July 15, 2023

      An old friend of mine, who was for...

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• Actors
• Boxing
• Dance
• Taverns
• Theater

The “Sawdust House” and Rival “The Nag’s Head” Saloons [published Nov. 23, 1884]

jpkntz July 14, 2023

      I was reminded by an old rounder the...

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• Brooklyn
• Hotels
• Steamboats

Coney Island “Runners” and the Oceanic

jpkntz July 14, 2023

     I went down, along with thousands of my...

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