Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...

“New York City has always intrigued me,” writes ... understanding of how the city grew and described itself over the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. When you get into ...

Turtle soup became a popular delicacy in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the dish appearing on ...

Murals made by museum artists illustrate the biology of fungi, the role they play in the ecosystem and their evolutionary ...

The film recounts the travel adventures of a young blacksmith's apprentice in the early 1840s as he embarks on a journey from his village in Eastern New York to join his family in Illinois.

“That one is very usual because it has a lot of small 19th century commercial ... five boroughs as the city expanded through consolidation. “I love going around New York and looking at the ...

using 19th-century techniques to create ethereal, haunting images. By Clay Risen Hal Hirshorn, an artist known for his ubiquity around New York City’s cultural scene, who nevertheless managed to ...

Their goal seemed almost impossible: In 1848, when suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first convention for women’s rights in Seneca Falls, New York, the right to vote was just one ...