Broadway New York City

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Broadway is a street best known for the portion that runs through the borough of Manhattan in New York City, it runs 15 miles through Manhattan and The Bronx, exiting north from the city to run an additional 18 miles through the municipalities of Yonkers, Hastings-On-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytown and terminating north of Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.

Broadway was originally the Wickquasgeck Trail, carved into Manhattan by its Native American inhabitants. This trail originally snaked through swamps and rocks along the length of Manhattan Island. It is the oldest north–south main thoroughfare in New York City, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. The name Broadway is the English literal translation of the Dutch name, Breede weg.

Fairies Are Real

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Fairies Are Real. Once upon a time, and not a great while ago either, there lived in the city of New York ...

The Irish word for fairy is sheehogue \sidhe6g\ a diminutive of "shee" in banshee. Fairies are deenee shee [daotne sidhe] (fairy people).

Who are they ?" Fallen angels who were not good enough to be saved, nor bad enough to be lost," say the peasantry. "The gods of the earth," says the Book of Armagh. "The gods of pagan Ireland," say the Irish antiquarians, "the Tuatha De Dandn, who, when no longer worshipped and fed with offerings, dwindled away in the popular imagination, and now are only a few spans high."

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Fairies Date: 1886. Author: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893).

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Wooden chair in the woods

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LaGuardia Corner Gardens created in 1981 by volunteers and the Time Landscape create a flow of green space along the east side of LaGuardia Place, from West 3d to Houston Street, Manhattan, New York City, NY.

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Yellow Echinacea coneflowers

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Echinacea coneflowers in Greenwich Village, New York City at the northeast corner of La Guardia Place and West Houston Street. The neighborhood is bordered by Broadway to the east, the Hudson River to the west, Houston Street to the south, and 14th Street to the north, and roughly centered around Washington Square and New York University. Here we are just behind The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library,

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Seventh Avenue Manhattan New York City

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Looking west from 7th avenue at west 48th street late morning 07/26/13, Manhattan, New York City.

Seventh Avenue was originally laid out in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. The southern terminus of Seventh Avenue was Eleventh Street in Greenwich Village through the early part of the 20th Century. It was extended southward, to link up with Varick Street, in 1914,

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Echinacea coneflowers at Time Landscape

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Late July in Greenwich Village, New York City at the northeast corner of La Guardia Place and West Houston Street. Nine species of coneflowers and i think they were all here at Time Landscape, a living art recreation of Manhattan in the early 17th century. :)

Echinacea is a genus, or group of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The nine species it contains are commonly called coneflowers.

Time Landscape - Landscape artist Alan Sonfist created Time Landscape as a living monument to the forest that once covered Manhattan. He proposed the project in 1965, after research on New York’s botany, geology, and history Sonfist and local community members used native trees, shrubs, wild grasses, flowers, plants, rocks, and earth to plant the plot at the northeast corner of La Guardia Place and West Houston Street in 1978. The results are a slowly developing forest that represents the Manhattan landscape in the early 17th century.

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Heinkel He 111 medium bomber

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The CASA 2.111 was a medium bomber derived from the Heinkel He 111 and produced in Spain by Construcciones Aeronauticas SA. Following the Spanish Civil War, the Spanish Air Force received a number of He 111Bs from Germany. However, there was a need for more modern aircraft with increased armament, and CASA negotiated a contract with Heinkel in 1940 to produce the newer He 111H-16.

DAYTON, Ohio -- CASA 2.111H (Spanish HE-111H) is currently in storage at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) Donated by the Spanish Air Force.

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Town Crier Royal Crier

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Local Government in a Country Town- Everyday Life in Wotton-under-edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK, 1944. A three-quarter-length portrait of Mr L Allen, Town Crier of Wotton-under-Edge, as he stands in his uniform beside the Town Hall with his bell and mace.

Mr Allen is a chimneysweep by profession, and was in the Royal Marines. The original caption states that "this uniform, the bell...the mace...and the Town Hall...are the only visible remains of what was once the Borough, Mayor and Corporation and all its adjuncts. The bell he is not allowed to ring in Wartime; the mace is kept locked up in the safe of the Bank. In place of the Mayor and Corporation, Wotton now has a Town Trust in whom are vested certain land and properties including the Town Hall".

Author: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Stone Richard. Permission: (Reusing this file) This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired.

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Part of Ministry of Information Second World War Official Collection. Subjects: Associated places. Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Associated events. Home Front, UK, Second World War. Associated themes. British Home Front 1939-1945. Associated keywords. Civilians, Communications, Daily Life, Government, local, Towns and Cities.

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Pierson's Puppeteer in a General Products assembly hall on the Puppeteer homeworld!

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Pierson's Puppeteer in a General Products assembly hall on the Puppeteer homeworld! this license is not really needed as all the underlying images are public domain, but here it is:

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The Puppeteers' renown for honesty in trading allowed the species to accumulate an expansive mercantile empire called General Products; since the human Bronze Age, the Puppeteers have ruled this empire including every race in the 60-LY sphere of Known Space. One of the most important items sold by General Products is the General Products Hull for spaceships. As one might expect from a Puppeteer, such a hull is completely impervious to everything except antimatter (which is not highly advertised but covered by a company warranty;

As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program, a space shuttle-era work platform is being moved to the floor high bay 3 of the VAB. GSDO is developing the ground systems, infrastructure and operational approaches to safely process, the next generation of rockets and spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann.

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As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program, a space shuttle-era work platform is being moved to the floor high bay 3 of the VAB. GSDO is developing the ground systems, infrastructure and operational approaches to safely process, the next generation of rockets and spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann.

a speculative representation on how the Alamosaurus sanjuanensisThis image has been released into the public domain by its author, LadyofHats. This applies worldwide.

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African or Cape buffalo. Bos caffer nanus Bodd. 1/20 natural size.Size: 5.4 x 4.6 in² (13.7 x 11.7 cm²) Originator: Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert.Source: Brehms Tierleben, Small Edition 1927

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Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton duel

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A 20th century artistic rendering of the July 11, 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton by J. Mund. Duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr After the painting by J. Mund. From Beacon Lights of History, Volume XI, by John Lord

Location: Weehawken, New Jersey. Date: July 11, 1804. Target: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr. Attack type: Duel. Weapon(s): Wogdon pistols. Deaths: (Hamilton). Injured: (non-fatal). None: Perpetrators: Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton.

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In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, Burr and Hamilton departed by separate boats from Manhattan and rowed across the Hudson River to a spot known as the Heights of Weehawken in New Jersey, a popular dueling ground below the towering cliffs of the Palisades. Hamilton and Burr agreed to take the duel to Weehawken because although dueling had been prohibited in both states,

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New York more aggressively prosecuted the crime (the same site was used for 18 known duels between 1700 and 1845). In an attempt to prevent the participants from being prosecuted, procedures were implemented to give all witnesses plausible deniability. For example, the pistols were transported to the island in a portmanteau, enabling the rowers (who also stood with their backs to the duelists) to say under oath that they had not seen any pistols.

Balto Siberian Husky sled dog

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Balto Siberian Husky sled dog. on the east park drive just after the zoo on our right, looking east toward 5th avenue.

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Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was a Siberian Husky sled dog who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Nenana, Alaska, to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease. The run is commemorated by the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Balto was named after the Sami explorer and adventurer Samuel Balto. Balto died at the age of 14.

The statue of Balto by Frederick George Richard Roth (1872 – 1944) was unveiled on December 17, 1925. The statue is bronze, and is set on a large granite rock near the entrance of Central Park at East 67th Street, by the Tisch Children's Zoo.

A plaque on the front is engraved with seven sled dogs running through a blizzard, and the following words: Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxins 660 miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, through Arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the Winter of 1925. ENDURANCE FIDELITY INTELLIGENCE

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

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The Oscar Mayer "Wienermobile" Driving up Sixth Avenue. Caught just in front of Macy's at 34th street.

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"Wienermobile" is the name for a series of automobiles shaped like a hot dog on a bun which are used to promote and advertise Oscar Mayer products. The first version was created in 1936 by Oscar Mayer's nephew, Carl G. Mayer, and variants are still used by the Oscar Mayer company today. Drivers of the Wienermobiles are known as Hotdoggers and often hand out toy whistles shaped as replicas of the Wienermobile, known as Wienerwhistles.

Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt Grand Central Terminal

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Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt by Ernst Plassman created in 1869 was moved to its current location, the southern facade of Grand Central Terminal in 1913. The 8-foot, 6-inch-tall, bronze originally stood  1869-1913 at the Hudson River Railroad Freight Depot.

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In 1869, Vanderbilt directed the New York and Harlem Railroad to begin construction of the Grand Central Depot on 42nd Street in Manhattan. It was finished in 1871, and served as his lines' terminus in New York. He sank the tracks on 4th Avenue in a cut that later became a tunnel, and 4th Avenue became Park Avenue. The depot was replaced by Grand Central Terminal in 1913.

Daylilies Hemerocallis Daylily

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Daylilies Hemerocallis Daylily. Daylilies at the Northeast corner of Madison Square Park, Madison Avenue and 26th street, Manhattan, New york City 07/03/13.

Daylilies are perennial plants. The name Hemerocallis comes from the Greek words ἡμέρα (hēmera) "day" and καλός (kalos) "beautiful". This name alludes to the flowers which typically last no more than 24 hours.

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Ivory Skull

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Ivory Skull in a 5th avenue store window. This image was taken through the glass display window at 545 5th avenue and 45th street. Fresh today :)

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The Battle of Gettysburg Day 2

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Title: The battle of Gettysburg Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Thomas Kelly, 264 Third Avenue, between 22nd & 23rd St., c1867 (N.Y. : Printed by Wm. C. Robertson, 59 Cedar St.) Medium: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.

Summary: Print showing Union troops advancing from the right during fighting at the battle of Gettysburg. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03235 (digital file from original print, color) LC-DIG-pga-02506 (digital file from original print. b&w) LC-USZ62-13198 (b&w film copy neg. of color impression)

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Call Number: PGA - Robertson (Wm. C.)--Battle of Gettysburg (D size) [P&P] PGA - Robertson (Wm. C.)--Battle of Gettysburg Another impression, b&w. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.

Notes: Title from item. Caption continues: Respectfully dedicated to the Soldiers of the United States. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by Thomas Kelly in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the southern District of N. York. Library has two impressions, one hand-colored and one b&w. Copyright statement taken from b&w impression. Tear in upper right corner of b&w impression with minor loss to image.

Throughout the evening of July 1 and morning of July 2, most of the remaining infantry of both armies arrived on the field, including the Union II, III, V, VI, and XII Corps. Longstreet's third division, commanded by Maj. Gen. George Pickett, had begun the march from Chambersburg early in the morning; it did not arrive until late on July 2. The Union line ran from Culp's Hill southeast of the town, northwest to Cemetery Hill just south of town, then south for nearly two miles along Cemetery Ridge, terminating just north of Little Round Top.

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Battle of Gettysburg Pickett's Charge

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Title: Battle of Gettysburg. Date Created/Published: c1887 May 16. Medium: 1 print. Summary: Print from the painting called Hancock at Gettysbug by Thure de Thulstrup. Shows Major General George Hancock leading the attack popularly known as "Pickett's Charge."

Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-04033 (digital file from original print) LC-USZC4-1178 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-8379 (b&w film copy neg.) LC -USZC2-498 (color film copy slide)

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Call Number: PGA - Prang--Battle of Gettysburg (C size) [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Notes: G12949 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Prang, (L.) & Co.

Elements of the two armies initially collided at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, as Lee urgently concentrated his forces there, his objective being to engage the Union army and destroy it. Low ridges to the northwest of town were defended initially by a Union cavalry division under Brig. Gen. John Buford, and soon reinforced with two corps of Union infantry. However, two large Confederate corps assaulted them from the northwest and north, collapsing the hastily developed Union lines, sending the defenders retreating through the streets of town to the hills just to the south.

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