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Cornell Public History Initiative

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Disco Clubs and Queer Membership

December 6, 2021

James Riccio, Class of 2022, Finance and Art History Larry Blagg’s extensive collection of gay club matchbooks and other ephemera offers a unique insight into queer life...

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1960s
Gender And Sexuality
LGBTQ
New York City
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Archival Finds
nudism images

Nudity in Technicolor

November 30, 2021

Sahana Shridhar, Class of 2022, Industrial and Labor Relations The following images are two technicolor negatives The negatives depict a nude woman against a white backdrop,...

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1960s
Art
Gender And Sexuality
New York City
Photography
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Richie Pérez and Donna Caballero at a press conference regarding the film "Fort Apache, The Bronx"

The Committee Against Fort Apache Protesting Media Stereotypes

November 14, 2021

Claudia León, Class of 2023, American Studies and Government In 1980, photographer Joe Conzo Jr captured this picture of Richie Pérez, Donna Caballero, and an unnamed man...

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Activism
Asian
Black
Film
Latinx
New York City
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A map of the New York Subway system used to satirize the food culture of New York. Each stop is a humorous reference of one sort or another, from Chopped Liver on the Lower East Side to Mixed Nuts on the Upper West Side and Cooked Books on Wall Street. Inset images include the Swedish Meatball Building, The Great Food Pyramids of the Bronx, and an Heimlich-spoof illustration of "What to do when someone is choking you on the subway."

A Culinary Subway

September 20, 2021

Natalia Gulick, Class of 2021, Architecture The New York City Sub Culinary Map is a humorous subversion of the city’s subway system, where each station and landmark has...

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Food
Maps
New York City
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Archival Finds