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The photograph shows the remnants of the Glenwood Power Plant with its rusted beams and hanging hooks to lift materials. The graffiti, which has been written in the last 20 years, now claims all space on the wall. Writers aim to have their name in…

Boston City TV presents a discussion on climate change while weighing in Frederick Law Olmsted’s principles.

Builder William Shannon's contract read, "There are to be openings in the walls for two outside doors, four inside doors, and twenty-six windows."

Due to the high costs, windows in this era of American history were small and sparse. This is one…

This is an imagine of the Church of the Frari that appears in "Alicia's Diary". The description confirms the recount from Alicia in that the church itself is able to be gondola. The description in this piece of the inside matches that of Alicia's…

In response to the passage from Thomas Hardy's "The Imaginative Woman" which portrays the mundane life that most women share in Victorian Society in lieu of marriage, as well as the role women are then confined to, I am sharing a poem by Christina…

This is an image of a panorama of Chowringhee Road from the Ochterlony Monument in Calcutta. Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, is a city in India. A glimpse south of Chowringhee Road in 1868 is provided by this photograph. This panorama represents and…

The advertisement for the chintzes or curtains relates to the story “The Diary of Mr. Poynter” it is what James is original supposed to get for his Aunt before he goes and buys the old diaries instead. It also the what James and Miss Denton plan…

The Gibson Girl is seen as the ideal feminine beauty in the early 20th century. Charles Dana Gibson saw his portrait of the Gibson Girl as a composite sketch of all American girls, representing her, and all American women, with a slender waist and…