Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln

Blast from the Past: Lincoln’s Life Mask is Better than a Photograph

Written by Jaya Saxena on April 10, 2013 — Leave a Comment

By Rachel Walman If you walk over to the sculpture section of the Henry Luce III Center on the 4th floor of the New-York Historical Society, you’ll see Abraham Lincoln’s actual face… Well, the closest thing there is to it. You’ll see a bronze “life mask” of Lincoln, cast by artist Leonard Volk using a mold [...]

Posted in Blasts from the Past | Also tagged Barry Denenberg, Bronze Cast, Daniel Chester French, Leonard Volk, Life Mask, Lincoln Shot, Reading into History, Sculpture

Special Review: New-York Historical Society

Written by Jaya Saxena on April 8, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Contributed by 9-year-old Joshua Licht (Editor’s note: Joshua’s essay has been transcribed as accurately as possible. His actual essay is reprinted at the end.) Looking for a fun Museum to go to? Then the New York Historical Society is the place to go to! It has frindly staff, a fun layout and they love kids. [...]

Posted in Special Events | Also tagged Benjamin Franklin, DiMenna Children's History Museum, Fire Truck, George Washington, Kid Writer, Luce Center, Review

Reading Into History: Interview With Author Barry Denenberg

Written by Jaya Saxena on April 3, 2013 — Leave a Comment

Hello, families! The Reading into History book for April is Lincoln Shot: A President’s Life Remembered by Barry Denenberg. Barry will be here at the Museum on Sunday, April 14th for two programs about this book. At 1:30, he will do a Q&A with the public about his book and Lincoln. Then at 3 pm, he will join the book [...]

Posted in Reading Into History Book Club | Also tagged Barry Denenberg, Book Club, Interview, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln Shot, Reading into History

Family Benefit Party: Passport Through American History

Written by Jaya Saxena on February 1, 2013 — Leave a Comment

By Stacey Martin On a sunny winter day last weekend hundreds of families traveled with their “Passports Through American History,” stopping at 1699, 1776, 1845, 1899 and 1942. At each stop along their travels, kids participated in historic games, art-making, and hands-on activities, earning special stamps in their passports. Other highlights included a photo booth [...]

Posted in Special Events | Also tagged British Glider, Chief Cornplanter, Cornelia Van Varick, Delft Tile, Dolley Madison, Downloads, Dutch new York, Family Benefit Party, George Washington, Holland, Ice Cream, Juliette Toussaint, Leeches, Martha Washington, Paper Airplanes, Passport Through History, Peter Williams, WWII

Say Hello to Abraham and Frederick!

Written by Jaya Saxena on July 9, 2012 — Leave a Comment

By Alice Stevenson Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass stand at the entrances to the New-York Historical Society—you should come and say hello to them! The statues were commissioned for the reopening of New-York Historical in November 2011 and are popular photography spots. These two men were both born in the early 1800s but grew up [...]