As a (huge) New York history dork, I was super excited to see this interactive history of the city, through 50 objects, in the New York Times this morning. Inspired by “A History of the World in 100 Objects,” the British Museum’s BBC radio series and book — also awesome — the Times recruited historians and museum curators to identify 50 objects that could embody the narrative of New York. From oysters and metrocards to bagels and mastodon tusks, it goes deep. Check it out.
Somebody should tell Two Nerdy History Girls about this.
You might like their Breakfast Links – there’s always something about New York’s history amongst them
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I love their Breakfast Links! And they’re one of my favorite blogs!
Yay! And Isabela’s here, too. Between the two of you, I’m having a bit of a starstruck moment
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Ahh, thank you, Alison & Ana! I recognize you both from comments.
Alison, if you’re a NY history dork – do you follow the blog of the NY Historical Society’s library? Lots of cool NY stuff there all the time: http://blog.nyhistory.org/ They’re on twitter, too.
Isabella B. (half of the Two Nerdy History Girls)
Ooh, I will have to add this to my reader, Isabella! (Weird note: I used to work the coat check at NY Historical Society many years ago.)