Mrs. Elizabeth Cisco
Photography has an important place in African American history.
photography, imagery, and visual representation
Grammar School No. 33, New York City, Assembled for Morning Exercises
New York City’s rapid growth in the 1880s and 1890s meant a dramatically increasing number of children in the city, and in schools.
Map of Randall’s, Hart, and Blackwell’s Islands
In the 1830s, the City purchased Randall’s Island to use as a remote burial ground for the poor and as an almshouse.
The Idiot School
Édouard Séguin learned how to teach children with intellectual disabilities when he lived in France.