T. Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th President of the United States, serving from September 14, 1901 to March 3, 1909. Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of America’s greatest artists. Although he died in 1910, his work remains popular with collectors and museum visitors. Art historians continue to uncover new information about Homer and offer new interpretations of his art. Harry K.
Thaw (1871-1947) wrote The Traitor.” Stanford White was born into a life of wealth and privilege on November 9, 1853. He joined Charles Follen McKim and William Rutherford Mead in founding McKim, Mead and White, which soon became the most prominent architectural firm in the country. He died in 1947 at the age of 76. Evelyn Nesbit (1884-1906) was a model, actress, and Gibson Girl at sixteen. Madison Square Garden is a sports arena located in New York City and is one of the world’s most well-known, holding over 50,000 people. Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. She was an influential and well-known anarchist of her day and an early advocate of free speech, birth control, women’s equality and independence, union organization, and the eight-hour workday. Charles Dana Gibson was the creator of the Gibson Girl. Harry Houdini (1874-1926) was one of the greatest magicians ever and created many new magic tricks, defining the normal way of magic. Vaudeville was a form of Burlesque House in the early 1900s. The rich went on African Safaris to hunt elephants. Commander Peary discovered the North Pole in 1906 and was the first to claim it for America. Ellis Island was the gateway through which more than 12 million immigrants passed between 1892 and 1954 in their search for freedom of speech and religion and for economic opportunity in the United States. Because of its unique historical importance, it was declared part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965. Socialism is a system in which the means of production are owned by the workers rather than by a rich minority of capitalists or functionaries. Such a system of ownership is both collective and individual in nature. One of Frick’s best customers was Andrew Carnegie, the owner of a large steel company. The two men became business partners.
Carnegie purchased a controlling interest in the Frick Coke Company, and Frick obtained 11 percent of the Carnegie Steel Company. Jacob Riis, in the 1880s, worked with other New York reformers crusading for better living conditions for the thousands of immigrants flocking to New York in search of new opportunities. His most popular work is How The Other Half Lives. Tammany Hall was a legendary Delaware chief, although he was not listed in official directories of Roman Catholics honored with sainthood. The Tombs is a prison, and Delmonicos is a restaurant. Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American author, an outstanding representative of naturalism, whose novels depict real-life subjects in a harsh light. San Juan Hill is where Theodore Roosevelt was colonel of the Rough Riders (1st United States Volunteer Infantry) at the time of the Battles of Kettle and San Juan Hills. He recorded his recollections of these actions in his book, The Rough Riders. For his actions and leadership in this battle, he was nominated for a Congressional Medal of Honor, an honor denied him for political reasons (his efforts to get the troops away from disease-ravaged Cuba had embarrassed the Secretary of War). The Pierce-Arrow Society, founded in 1957, is dedicated to the preservation of Pierce-Arrow Motor Cars and trucks, Pierce bicycles and motorcycles, Pierce-Arrow Travelodge trailers, and the literature, artwork, and history associated with the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company.
Barnum & Bailey Circus – Some say it began on April 3, 1793, when John Bill Ricketts gave the first circus performance in Philadelphia. Still, others say it began on March 29, 1919, when the first performance of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey was held in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Gen. Tom Thumb – The first public appearance of Tom Thumb in London occurred soon after the party’s arrival there, at the Princess’s Theatre.
A short engagement had been made, and it was exceedingly successful. The spectators were delighted. Mrs. Wm. Astor (1830-1892) had social aspirations of a gentleman. Sigmund Freud is recognized as the founder of psychoanalysis.
Al Jolson was the master showman of American theatre, and his career spanned fifty years of American music history. He was associated with the Jung Institute in Boston and performed at Coney Island.
