Past Exhibition: Designing Tomorrow
Hot Dog!
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The Tale of the Shoe Shine Boy
Stanley Kubrick's 1947 pictorial of Mickey, a 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn who shines shoes for 10 cents a pop.
The Apple Peeler and Corer
High on a shelf of the legendary Russ & Daughters Appetizing store was an object that perfectly encapsulated the story of New York at Its Core, and a tool that helped launch a 100-year old business.
Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick
As most New Yorkers know, the subway system is the lifeline of New York City. In 1946, Stanley Kubrick set out to capture the story of New York City’s subway commuters.
From Dazzling to Dirty and Back Again: A Brief History of Times Square
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 by
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![Leland Bobbé, Subway [Voice of the Ghetto], 1974. Archival pigment print. Gift of the photographer. 2016.10.7.](https://www.mcny.org/sites/default/files/styles/mcny_col_3_thumbnail/public/mn185974_0.jpg?itok=8q3-MZ35)
From the Fulton Market to the Forty-Deuce: Leland Bobbé’s New York in the 1970s
An exploration of the work of Leland Bobbé, who throughout the 1970s photographed the darker side of New York City.
The Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
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![Byron Company. [James K. Hackett as Mercutio fights Campbell Gollan’s Tybalt] 1899. Museum of the City of New York. 34.271.813G](https://www.mcny.org/sites/default/files/styles/mcny_col_3_thumbnail/public/thumbnail_1.jpg?itok=eLop50mT)
Romeo and Juliet, a love story in pictures
It has been called the greatest love story of all time; take the opportunity to revisit the romance with a pictorial re-telling from the Museum’s collection.
![Lucas-Monroe. [Veronica Lake as Peter Pan and Lawrence Tibbett as Captain Hook], 1951. Museum of the City of New York. 80.104.1.2119](https://www.mcny.org/sites/default/files/styles/mcny_col_3_thumbnail/public/80_104_1_2119.jpg?itok=rvRZLxSK)
Peter Pan: over 100 years of the boy who wouldn’t grow up
Peter Pan made his Broadway debut on November 6, 1905, just under a year after appearing for the first time on the London stage. Over 100 years later the boy who wouldn’t grow up can still draw our attention.
Myths surrounding the origin of the Statue of Liberty
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Romeo and Juliet, a love story in pictures
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Peter Pan: over 100 years of the boy who wouldn’t grow up
Peter Pan made his Broadway debut on November 6, 1905, just under a year after appearing for the first time on the London stage. Over 100 years later the boy who wouldn’t grow up can still draw our attention.
The Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
It’s a sweltering July evening in 1915 and the lights have just come up after the finale of a Ziegfeld Follies show at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street. You dread walking out into the muggy night and long for a cool escape. But you’re in luck tonight because it’s the premiere of Flo Ziegfeld Jr.’s new revue, the Danse de Follies!
Thomas Nast takes down Tammany: A cartoonist’s crusade against a political boss
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The Contentious History of Supplying Water to Manhattan
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A View of Melrose
On a hot August afternoon last summer, I left the office early and caught the 5 train north. My objective was to locate the site of the Ursuline Convent in what had once been the rural village of Melrose, and was now the heart of the South Bronx.
A Fine Line: The Art of the Clothesline
Before laundromats, the clothesline was an intrinsic component of the urban landscape of New York City.