Page from Jacob Riis’s manuscript draft of How the Other Half Lives
“Perfecscope” stereoscope with stereograph of Central Park
Tammany Scrapbooks
1857–1868
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Tammany Scrapbooks
From the estate of Douglas Taylor and likely assembled by him, the Tammany Scrapbooks were acquired by the Library in 1927 as part of a larger group of records of Tammany Hall—the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and State politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. Taylor was a ranking member in the Society of St. Tammany, as the political machine was also known; it titled him one of the “seven sachems” or “chiefs” in its adopted Native American nomenclature, a trend of the time. The scrapbooks are a compilation of various announcements, programs, news clippings, member lists, and other ephemera. The program of “Toasts,” part of an annual Independence Day celebration, details the various causes that the society would acknowledge and honor.
: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Gen…
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