New-York Historical Society Teen Historians

Wilson Ortiz The AIDS exhibition on the 2nd floor is very interesting and has a spectacular design! I felt like I was walking through a point in the United States where there was an immense amount of confusion among the American public. The exhibit has a storyline feeling because the setup allows the story of…

            On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Navy of Japan launched a series of attacks on Pearl Harbor, the headquarters of the Pacific fleet of the U.S. navy. President Roosevelt formally asked Congress for a Declaration of War as a result of these ruthless attacks on that ‘Day of Infamy’            …

Music has always been a beacon of unity for people of all cultures. In the 1930’s specifically, Jazz was the new music genre that was bringing all types of people together to enjoy this one thing. Even though there were many factors of separation in America at the time, such as segregation and the Great…

As a New Yorker who lives in one of the outer boroughs, the subway is an integral part of my life. At its core, it gets me almost everywhere I need to be: school, work, friends, and family. Despite my navigation skills being less than impressive, if you plop me into any subway station I…

Breaking and entering, theft and trespassing were all without question if you wanted to get off the bench and play the sport. Crime soars, corrupt officials are posted on every block, low income facilities, drugs and the underground and yet boys were all able to befriend one another over these common interests as well as…

                           As dawn broke on the morning of September 14, 1814 a Virginian lawyer and amateur poet caught sight of a large flag flying high above Fort McHenry. This man, Francis Scott Key, was so inspired by the sight that he rushed to…

After the end of World War II, Germany was divided into an East and a West Germany, and Berlin, Germany’s capital, was divided in four sections, one American, one French, one British, and one Soviet. The Soviet Union was given West Berlin, which in size was the equivalent of half of all Berlin. This effort,…

During the 1930s, the nation fell into the worst economic condition ever faced. What began as a recession soon plummeted when Wall Street crashed on October 29, 1929. The effects of the declining economy were felt everywhere and marked a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, plunging farm incomes, and lost opportunities for economic growth…

Seen in the Swing Time: Reginald Marsh and Thirties New York exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, this photograph taken at Coney Island in 1940 showcases a mass of people. At first glance I saw the mass as a whole, taking in the vast amount of bodies in one photo, and speculating as to how…