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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ny: Women's Rights Natl Historical Park
Established in 1980 in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York; includes the Wesleyan Chapel, site of the First Women's Rights Convention and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Albany and Rensselaer, 1920
A road map of Albany, New York, from the 1920 Automobile Club of Rochester, showing the Hudson River, principal roads, railroads and stations, parks, and major landmarks.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Gloversville and Johnstown, 1920
A road map of Gloversville and Johnstown, New York, from the 1920 Automobile Club of Rochester, showing the principal roads, railroads and stations, parks, cemeteries, and major landmarks.
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Times: Recreation at the Crossroads of the World
Good site for historical overview of the rise and fall of the New York Hippodrome. Also mentions a one of its early productions, "A Yankee Circus on Mars".
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Web Gallery of Art: Central Park, New York
An image of "Central Park, New York", created by Maurice Brazil Prendergast in 1901 (Pencil and watercolour on paper, 360 x 555 mm).
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History.com: 10 Long Gone Mlb Ballparks With Quirky Features
Houston's Colt Stadium was plagued by mosquitoes and brutal heat. Other ballparks, such as Cleveland's cavernous 'Mistake by the Lake,' had bizarre dimensions.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Palisades Interstate Park
A joint New York and New Jersey organization, it includes 24 parks and eight historic sites, covering over 100,000 acres (405 square kilometers) along more than 20 miles (32 km) of Hudson River shoreline. It also operates the Palisades...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ny: Canfield Casino and Congress Park
Former resort and casino; now houses the Saratoga Springs History Museum.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: John Williams
If you have seen "Jaws," "ET-the Extraterrestrial," "Star Wars" trilogy and prequel, or "Indiana Jones," you have heard this composer's work. Read more about his life and work. Listen to his music using RealAudio or Windows Media Player.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Edwin Waring
George Edwin Waring was born in Poundridge, NY, July 4, 1833. He was agricultural engineer of Central Park, New York City in 1857. He was the drainage engineer of the park until the Civil War broke out, when he entered the Union army as...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was born at Milan, Ohio, February 11, 1847, but the family soon after moved to Port Huron, Michigan. He had to earn his living from early boyhood, and was a train boy on a railroad. A station master, whose child's life...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Fall River, Massachusetts, 1919
A road map of Fall River, Massachusetts, from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), showing the Taunton River, Mount Hope Bay, North and South Watuppa Pond, major roads, railroads and stations, bridges, the steamer route to New York,...