As part of the great migration of African Americans from the South to northern cities, some 200,000 African Americans moved ...

In 1900, the newly consolidated city was home to 3,437,202 people, according to New York state Census data. In 1920, that number grew to 5,620,048; of this total, well over 40% were first-or ...

Whatever its tensions and conflicts, New York — the world's most diverse gathering of nationalities, religions, races and ethnic groups, home to people speaking 180 languages — had become a ...

Here, women are photographed holding pigs outside of a circus in New York around 1920. Before modern conveniences like central air conditioning, people found creative ways to stay cool in the ...

The 1920s New York society fixture Carrie Stettheimer spent nearly two decades furnishing the dollhouse with custom wallpaper and miniature amenities. She modeled it after André Brook ...