My group is studying advertising in American culture. More specifically, I am exploring alcohol advertising and what it can teach us about American culture, identity, and stereotypes. The New York Historical Society has a variety of breweriana located in The Luce Center, including mugs, paperweights, trays and bar decorations, usually with the name of a brewery…

For my research project with the New-York Historical Society, I am focusing on the Fowler brothers’ Phrenological Head. The head was a part of the “Bella C. Landauer: Collector of Enterprise” exhibit in 2003 but is thought to have been made sometime between 1890 and 1910. The ceramic head is marked with the teachings of…