History & People
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Three years after the emancipation of 250,000 enslaved people in Texas (1865), the first professionally trained Black landscape architect was born: David Augustus Williston.
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History & People
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This
1950
film
noir
crime
drama
The
Tattooed
Stranger,
which
appears
to
have
been
the
very
first
feature
film
shot
on
location
at
the
New
...
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History & People
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Helen Fowler O’Gorman was an American sculptor and botanical illustrator whose most well-known work focused on the native flora of Mexico.
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History & People, Inside our Collections
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During
the
1930s,
the
number
of
women
gardeners
at
NYBG
was
sparse.
But
due
to
the
war,
the
Garden’s
personnel
greatly
changed
by
1943,
causing
...
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History & People, Inside our Collections
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As
the
Special
Collections
Catalog
Librarian
at
the
New
York
Botanical
Garden’s
LuEsther
T.
Mertz
Library,
every
so
often
an
item
crosses
my
desk
that
...
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History & People, Inside our Collections
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As
Valentine’s
Day
approaches,
the
rose—a
well-known
symbol
of
love—is
likely
everywhere
you
turn,
but
did
you
know
the
rose
is
also
the
national
flower
...
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History & People
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For
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
I've
been
what
some
might
call
an
"eco-warrior,"
from
picking
up
even
the
most
questionable
of
litter,
to
...
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History & People
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An
empty
lot
that’s
only
purpose
was
to
promote
clubs,
and
serving
as
a
landfill
for
passersby,
was
becoming
Ujaama
Garden,
and
I
wanted
to
...
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History & People
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History & People
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As
you
explore
the
model
trains
weaving
through
the
plant-based
replicas
of
historical
New
York
City
landmarks,
be
sure
to
stop
by
Mertz
Library
to
...
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