Faded painted signs from times past linger on the sides of Manhattan's buildings, advertising everything from theaters to hosiery, meat markets to hotels, stables to department stores. Ben Passikoff's big, crisp photos of these relics preserve a vanishing history of industry in New York.
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Book Review: ‘The Train To Crystal City’ by Jan Jarboe Russell
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Royal biographer provides interesting perspective on World War I through biographic approach using European monarchs
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