The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910

With Esther Crain, a writer, who launched Ephemeral New York, a website that chronicles the city’s past through photos, newspaper articles, art, and other artifacts.

This illustrated lecture tells the story of how New York transformed from a small-scale post-Civil War city lit by gas and powered by horses into a mighty metropolis of skyscrapers, subways, blazing electric light, and rapid social change.











When: Mon., Nov. 7, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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With Esther Crain, a writer, who launched Ephemeral New York, a website that chronicles the city’s past through photos, newspaper articles, art, and other artifacts.

This illustrated lecture tells the story of how New York transformed from a small-scale post-Civil War city lit by gas and powered by horses into a mighty metropolis of skyscrapers, subways, blazing electric light, and rapid social change.

Buy tickets/get more info now