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Former New York Evening Post Building

Inspired by Vienna Secession, this 13-story limestone commercial building was built as a publishing house the the New York Evening Post. Estelle Rombold-Kohn and Gutzon Borglum sculpted the "Four Periods of Publicity" on the facade.

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National Women’s Suffrage

Formed to work for women's suffrage in the United States. Its main leaders were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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Mark Twain's 70th Birthday Dinner

When Mark Twain’s friend and publisher George Harvey threw the master of American letters a 70th birthday party in 1905 at Delmonico’s in New York. Hosted by George Harvey, Harpers Editor; the Magazine publishes a 32 page Christmas supplement covering the banquet.

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Lintotype Machine Invented

New York Tribune used a new type of press for the 1st time to print its newspaper invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler 

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Joseph Pulitzer Plaque

Joseph Pulitzer was a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World.

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine founded

The first edition of 7500 is published by Harpers New Monthly Magazine. On November 2, 1867, Harper’s Bazaar became the first fashion magazine published in the United States.

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Harper's Building

Harper & Brothers began publishing Harper's New Monthly Magazine in 1850. The brothers also published Harper's Weekly (starting in 1857), Harper's Bazar (starting in 1867), and Harper's Young People (starting in 1879).

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Harper's Bazaar founded

Harpers Bazaar Editor Mary Louise Booth launched America's first magazine to showcase European fashion to middle and upper-class women

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1st restaurant review

The first restaurant review to appear in the New York Times, with a byline “by the Strong-Minded Reporter of the Times” about the restaurant Delmonico.

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Benjamin Franklin statue

Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at age 23.

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Currier and Ives

A successful American printmaking firm based in New York City from 1835 to 1907.

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