A spatial interface to twenty essays on the objects and themes of the exhibit as well as the objects and landmarks
More informationThe important landmarks that stood at this important Broadway intersection over time and by site
More informationA look at the technical processes along with the men and women who made all these cultural commodities in New York
More informationHannah Wirta Kinney
Claire McRee
Kelsey Brow
Andrew Gardner
Kirstin Purtich
Kirstin Purtich
Claire McRee
Laura Kelly-Bowditch
Kelsey Brow
Virginia Fister
Martina D’Amato
Zahava Friedman-Stadler
Virginia Spofford
Virginia Spofford
Martina D'Amato
Virginia Fister
Andrew Gardner
George Inness
“The Streets of New York After A Snow-Storm”
Cover of Harper’s Weekly, January 12, 1884
Woodcut
Closed: 16 1/8 × 11 1/2 in. (40.8 × 28.4 cm)
Library, Bard Graduate Center
Harper’s Weekly was the most widely distributed American periodical in the second half of the nineteenth century. By 1865, just six years after the newspaper was established, an average of 100,000 copies were sold every week, with some issues selling as many as 300,000. A staple in parlors, the paper kept readers abreast of the latest in politics, international affairs, contemporary literature, and ladies’ fashions. Even as late as 1884, a new generation of illustrators, including George Inness Jr., found “The Streets Of New York After A Snow-Storm” to be a compelling subject for cover art.
— Martina D’Amato