IMMIGRANTS' FIRST VIEW OF AMERICA

IMMIGRANTS' FIRST VIEW OF AMERICA From the painting by C. W. Jefferys. A CHRONICLE OF AMERICANS IN THE MAKING, BY SAMUEL P. ORTH The Chronicles of America Series By Allen Johnson Edition: abridged Published by , 1920. The original two-dimensional work shown in this image is free content because: This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

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OUR FOREIGNERS CHAPTER I OPENING THE DOUR

Long before men awoke to the vision of America, the Old World was the scene of many stupendous migrations. One after another, the Goths, the Huns, the Saracens, the Turks, and the Tatars, by the sheer tidal force of their numbers threatened to engulf the ancient and medieval civilization of Europe. But neither in the motives prompting them nor in the effect they produced, nor yet in the magnitude of their numbers, will such migrations bear comparison with the great exodus of European peoples which in the course of three centuries has made the United States of America.

That movement of races — first across the sea and then across the land to yet another sea, which set in with the English occupation of Virginia in 1607 and which has continued from that day to this an almost ceaseless stream of millions of human beings seeking in the New World what was denied them in the Old — has no parallel in history.

Minerva and the Bell Ringers Herald Square

Minerva and the Bell Ringers Herald Square, Inscription: A MEMORIAL TO JAMES GORDON BENNETT (1795-1872) FOUNDER OF THE NEW YORK HERALD IN 1835 AND TO HIS SON JAMES GORDON BENNETT (1841-1918) THRUGH WHOSE VISION AND ENTERPRISE THE NEW YORK HERALD BECAME ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT NEWSPAPERS THE BRONZE FIGURES OF MINERVA AND THE BELLRINGERS ARE THE WORK OF ANTONIN JEAN CARLES.

THEY STOOD, FROM 1895 TO 1921. ABOVE THE CORNICES OF JAMES GORDON BENNETT'S NEW YORK HERALD BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HERALD SQUARE AND TOLLED THE ACTIVE HOURS TO THE MILLIONS. IN 1928, THEY WERE GIVEN BY WILLIAM T. DEWART, PUBLISHER OF THE NEW YORK SUN, TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, THROUGH WHOSE GENEROSITY IN 1928 THEY ENTERED ON PERMANENT LOAN,

THE CARE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THAT THEY MAY BE HERE RESTORED TO THEIR ORIGINAL AREA OF PLEASANT SERVICE, AND TO THEIR PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF OUR CITIZENS. FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION WERE PROVIDED BY SUBSCRIPTION OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE LIVES ARE DEEP ROOTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HERALD SQUARE. MCMXL

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Harriet Tubman Statue

Part of the 10-foot-tall bronze statue of Harriet Tubman. The statue is in the Harriet Tubman Memorial Plaza, at the intersection of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, St. Nicholas Avenue and 122nd Street. The triangle contains plantings native to New York and Tubman’s home state of Maryland. Alison Saar, is the sculptor of the work, titled “Swing Low"

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John Glenn Friendship 7

Friendship 7, On Feb. 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule with assistance from technicians to begin his historic flight.

Glenn rejoined NASA in 1998 as a member of the STS-95 Discovery crew. This 9-day mission, from Oct. 29-Nov. 7, supported a variety of research payloads including deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform and investigations on space flight and the aging process.

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The Goose that laid the Golden Egg

The Goose that laid the Golden Egg: Wonder-world: a collection of fairy tales, tr. from the Fr., Germ., and Danish: a collection of fairy tales, tr. from the Fr., Germ., and Danish. By Wonder-world Published by , 1875 Original from Oxford University. Digitized Jul 24, 2006

A poor woman was gathering fuel—fallen branches; she bore them upon her back, and carried her little child at her breast, and was now on her way home. She saw the golden swan, the Swan of Good Fortune, spring up from the rushy banks. What was that gleaming there ? A golden egg - it was still warm. She laid it in her bosom, and the warmth remained ; there was certainly life in the egg. Yes, there was a pecking inside the shell; she heard it; and thought it was her own heart that was beating.

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Huckleberry Finn Hunting

Huckleberry Finn Hunting. Public Domain ClipArt Stock Photos and Images.

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Published by , 1884. Original from Oxford University. Digitized Jun 13, 2007.

Huckleberry Finn Hunting, NOTICE. Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished ; persons attempting to find a plot in it will te shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR. Per G. O., CHIEF OF OKDNANCE.

EXPLANATORY. In this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect; the extremest form of the backwoods South-Western dialect; the ordinary " Pike-County " dialect; and four modified varieties of this last. The shadings have not been done in a hap-hazard fashion, or by guess-work; but pains-takingly, and with the trustworthy guidance and support of personal familiarity with these several forms of speech.

I make this explanation for the reason that without it many readers would suppose that all these characters were trying to talk alike and not succeeding. THE AUTHOR.

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Huckleberry Finn and Jim

Huckleberry Finn and Jim. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Published by , 1884. Original from Oxford University. Digitized Jun 13, 2007.

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Al Harrington

Albert (Al) Harrington (born February 17, 1980 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's New York Knicks. Al Harrington warming up before a Warriors/Lakers game on March 23, 2008. Photographed by Asim Bharwani, Full resolution‎ (1,333 × 2,000 pixels, file size: 362 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Washington's birthday

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TITLE: Legal holiday, Washington's birthday, February 22nd, no business transacted. CALL NUMBER: POS - US .P452, no. 10 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-12934 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-100686 (b&w film copy neg.)

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SUMMARY: Poster depicting George Washington. MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : color. CREATED, PUBLISHED: [New York?, 189-?] CREATOR: Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925, artist.

NOTES: Signed with the artist's pictograph. Additional text: "Franklin printing co., Philadelphia--founded in 1728 by Benj. Franklin--New York office, 200 Fifth Avenue."

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Ferdinand Magellan

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SUMMARY: Portrait, bust, facing left. MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving. CREATED, PUBLISHED: 1810. NOTES: This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

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Fingerprint Card of Rosa Parks

Civil Case 1147 Browder, et al v. Gayle, et. al; U.S. District Court for Middle District of Alabama, Northern (Montgomery) Division Record Group 21: Records of the District Court of the United States National Archives and Records Administration-Southeast Region, East Point, GA. Image in PDF format

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Valentine Heart and Wreath

Valentine Heart and Wreath, two views of Valentines Day Heart and wreath, one taken with flash on and one without. A stationary store's front window on Manhatten's upper westside, Columbus avenue and 95th street. February 13, 2008. Image License: I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln

Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln. ARC Identifier 530413 / Local Identifier 111-B-6346. Item from Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1982

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Part Of: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, compiled 1921 - 1940, documenting the period 1860 - 1865

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was designed in 1937 as a high-altitude interceptor. The first one built, the XP-38, made its public debut on Feb. 11, 1939 by flying from California to New York in seven hours.

Because of its unorthodox design, the aircraft evolved for several years before becoming the fighter destined to see combat in all theaters of World War II. The P-38 Lightning introduced a new dimension to American fighters - a second engine. The multi-engine configuration reduced the Lightning loss-rate to anti-aircraft gunfire during ground attack missions.

Late in 1942, it went into large-scale operations during the North African campaign where the German Luftwaffe named it "Der Gabelschwanz Teufel"--"The Forked-Tail Devil."

Equipped with droppable fuel tanks under its wings, the P-38 was used extensively as a long-range escort fighter. A very versatile aircraft, the Lightning was also used for dive bombing, level bombing, ground strafing and photo reconnaissance missions.

As with any long-term production aircraft, the P-38 underwent many modifications. The fastest of the modifications was the P-38J with a top speed of 420 mph, and the version produced in the greatest quantity was the "L," of which 3,735 were built by Lockheed and 113 by Vultee. The P-38J intakes under the engines were enlarged to house core-type intercoolers. The curved windscreen was replaced by a flat panel, and the boom mounted radiators were enlarged. Some were fitted with bombardier type noses, and were used to lead formations of bomb-laden P-38s to their targets. The P-38M was a two-seat radar-equipped night fighter, a few of which had become operational before the war ended.

By the end of production in 1945, 9,923 P-38s had been built. Only 27 of the aircraft exist today.

Times Square Valentine's Heart

Times Square Valentine's Heart, large 8 foot tall modern art heart decorates Duffy Square, which is the northern triangle of Times Square in New York City.

It is located between 45th and 47th Streets, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It is a popular tourist destination and is well known for housing TKTS (seen in background), a destination point for those in search of reduced-price theater tickets.

The Times Square Alliance commissioned Gage/Clemenceau Architects to create a new work of art for Times Square that celebrates the uniqueness of its home. While the design of the heart is the work of Gage/ Clemenceau Architects, the production involved one hot-rod car design company, several robotic metal-cutting robots, an Ivy League University, a concert lighting expert , a graphic designer, a copywriter, a sculptor, and over 350 square feet of a material typically used for kitchen countertops.

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Mary Queen of Scots

The National Portrait Gallery portrait is inscribed Maria D. G. SCOTLE PIISSIMA REGINA FRANCIS DOTARIA ANNO ^ETATIS REGNIQ 36 ANGLIC^E CAPTIVIT IO S H 1578,

The National Portrait Gallery portrait by P.Oudry is painted on four stout oak panels, one of which bears the brand of Charles I., the C.R. with the arched crown. It cannot be identified with certainty in the catalogue of Charles I.'s collection, compiled by Van der Doort in 1637, but may have been acquired by the King between that date and the commencement of the Civil War.

It reappeared in the possession of the well-known family of Brocas at Beaurepaire, in Hampshire, whence it was purchased by the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery in June 1876. Unfortunately it has suffered terribly from the hands of one or more unskilful or ignorant restorers.

Notes on the Authentic Portraits of Mary, Queen of Scots: Based on the Researches of the Late Sir George Scharf By Lionel Cust, George Scharf. Published by J. Murray, 1903 Original from Oxford University. Digitized May 2, 2008. 157 pages

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Window Skyline Reflections

Window Skyline Reflections, Chelsea Manhattan New York City. Looking south a modern glass building shows us its neighbors on Seventh avenue and 18th street. February 2, 2009

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Zambonis on the Ice at Wollman Rink

Zambonis on the Ice at Wollman Rink. Wollman Rink was built in 1949 when Kate Wollman donated $600,000 for it's construction. In the early 1990's, it was purchased by Donald Trump. Location: East Side between 62nd and 63rd Streets.

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Zambonis on the Ice at Wollman Rink

Winter Trees Snow Covered

Winter Trees Snow Covered after the storm, on the meridian Broadway and 77th street, New York City, Manhatten's upper westside. February 3, 2008. Image License: I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. If This image is subject to copyright in your jurisdiction, i (sookietex) the copyright holder have irrevocably released all rights to it, allowing it to be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited in any way by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, with or without attribution of the author, as if in the public domain.

Valentine's Day Stuffed Animals

Valentine's Day Stuffed Animals. A store display of many breeds of Valentine's Day friends. Third avenue and East 72d street, January 39, 2009.

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Groundhog Day (Marmota monax)

The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as the woodchuck, land beaver or whistlepig, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots.

The woodchuck is a lowland creature. It is widely distributed in North America and common in the northeastern and central United States. Groundhogs are found as far north as Alaska, with their habitat extending southeast to Alabama.

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