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In a lot of Thomas Hardy's literature, such as "On The Western Circuit", he describes beautiful landscapes of Wessex. He created this fictional place in order to make his own histories and stories within a place he created by his own hand. Perhaps…

Bill Doyle alongside Jeannie Ammermann created this quit. Doyle lost his son Joseph in 9/11. Being apart of the creation process of the quilt was important to him. This was hung up in the 9/11 Museum.

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The True Story Book catches the eye with the gilded pages upon a deep royal blue hardcover. Andrew Lang is a poet, novelist, literary critic, and patron to the field of anthropology. The True Story Book is a fiction and folklore novel, a product of…

This statue has stood as the pinnacle of Van Cortlandt Park and the memorialization of it’s legendary cross country course. The statue comes from Aesop’s fable, “The Tortoise and the Hare” and has “slow and steady wins the race” inscribed…

Located right across the street of the Tortoise and Hare Statue is the restaurant named The Tortoise and the Hair. In fact, the restaurant named itself after the statue in order to become recognizable to the community. It has been a local favorite…

These three pieces - Vet (TMC), Kuma (KF), and a man accompanied by an eagle by an unknown artist - stand out the most to me. They are made to be noticeable by both their style and size. This photograph of the main building was taken from the turbine…

Fortune-telling became increasingly popular in the 19th century. These two paintings show how cartomancy, that is, fortune-telling by deck of playing cards, was both a business opportunity or form of peddling as well as an increasingly fashionable…

The Operative Miller or The Technical Milling Paper was a paper aimed towards millers and their hardware. The paper featured advertisements for tools, articles which offered techniques, as well as help-wanted ads. In this piece, the Alsop Process…

Written in 1926, this novel is one of several which was heavily influenced by Hemingway's wartime experiences. Centers on a first person narrator who jests about his own war wound and his travels with friends.