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This painting by Albert Potter appeared very informative to me as it so vividly depicts New York's Lower East Side. During the beginning of twentieth century, the Lower East Side was essentially the main area where a large amount of Jewish…

I came across an interesting document as began to look more into known Jewish people who immigrated to America. This document in particular happened to belong to none other than Albert Einstein, the founder of the general theory of relativity and…

This is a cover of the Crisis magazine designed by Aaron Douglas, a famous artist during the Harlem Renaissance. The cover is very similar to his other work that is featured in Fire!!. Many geometric shapes are used to vaguely represent human arms.…

This a photo of Charlotte Mason Osgood, the patron of African American Arts during the Harlem Renaissance. Ms.Osgood supported many famous Harlem Renaissance writers and artists like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. Langston Hughes mentions…

After researching more on the topic of mass immigration in America, otherwise known as the "Great Migration," I came across a very unique translation of the United States' Constitution. This translation caught my eye in particular because it was…

This photo depicts two young black couples dressed on what can be assumed their wedding day. James Van Der Zee, the photographer of this photo, was well known during the Harlem Renaissance. He documented the portraits of the African Americans that…

It is a mixture of the harsh broad colors of the street and environment met with much brighter and happier colors that were found in the shops and homes of those living in Harlem.

The photo featured here is the orchestra that played at the infamous Cotton Club in Harlem. As Langston Hughes mentioned in his reflective piece about Harlem Renaissance, the Cotton Club was a club exclusively for white patrons in the middle of…

The picture shows a integrated night club during a time where this was very unpopular to do. It was mentioned in the poem "Little Cinderella" which is what drew my interest to it. You can see that it is a very lively place where both Black and White…

It shows a Jazz player at the center of a very chaotic and apocalyptic setting. The reason it caught my eye is because it shows what is a seemly positive and powerful image in the middle of a dark place which can be correlated to its influence from…

The magnolia flower appeared before bees did and are theorized to have evolved to encourage pollination by beetles. Mrs. Manstey always loved nature and admired people who shared this love. Magnolias blossom in white, pink, red purple or yellow. The…

"Vos Yede Froy Darf Visen Vegen Birgershaft", which directly translates to "What Every Woman Should Know about Citizenship." The book is written in both Yiddish and English. This information booklet was made in 1926 by the National Council of Jewish…

This article written by Titus Munson Coan from the February publication of The Galaxy in 1871 is about what was believed to make individuals successful. The article takes a cue from the "theory" of evolution in its explanation of what makes people…

This image shows people ice skating on the lake in Central Park around 1890. The image is in black and white and shows the Dakota, a famous luxury apartment building in New York City, in the background, surrounded by a wintery landscape. Central Park…

At first look, the first thing that came to my head as I looked at this picture was "Maggie". What this reminded me of Maggie the most was her lonely walks which is speculated to have turned her into the prostitute she became. It also makes me…

When I came across this particular booklet of sheet music for the common day "boychik," I thought that this was the perfect example of Eastern Jewish immigrants attempting to merge into American culture. The cover depicts a Jewish boy that is so…

During the 1890s, New York City residents were rapidly spreading their way north on the island. As immigrants were coming in, the original inhabitants of the city started to move up the island. Through the use of technology though, residents were…

a image of a women holding two infants