Cheryl i am an exhibit director and at the library of congress. Barbara i am the curator of this exhibit and an historian in the Manuscript Division of the library of congress. Cheryl this exhibition is a copresentation with the museum of the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress, the riis papers have been married with the photographs that are a stellar collection at the museum of new york. We picked the word copresentation carefully because the exhibition here actually follows an exhibit that was at the museum of new york and really, that exhibit, which was called, jacob riis revealing new yorks other half, was slightly different. It looks at riis in a slightly different way, concentrating more on his biography, more on his photography. Here we are looking at riis as the journalist, because that is the strength of our collection. The papers here number 3000 in the Manuscript Division and are really featured well in this exhibition and c
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Social reformer and photographer. This program is just under one hour. Cheryl i am an exhibit director and at the library of congress. Barbara i am the curator of this exhibit and an historian in the Manuscript Division of the library of congress. Is al this exhibition copresentation with the museum of sit the city of new york. It is the first time that the collections of the library of congress, the riis papers have been married with the photographs that are a stellar collection at the museum of new york. We picked the word copresentation carefully because the exhibition here actually follows an exhibit that was at the museum of new york and really, that exhibit, which was called, jacob riis revealing new yorks other half, was slightly different. It looks at riis in a slightly different way, concentrating more on his biography, more on his photography. Here we are looking at riis as the journalist, because that is the strength of our collection. The papers here number 3000 in the Manu
October 3rd is germanys unity day and its a National Holiday here in germany the country has now been reunifying for 30 days years to mark the occasion there is a lot of celebrating going on in potsdam capital of the state a friend and berg. 2 comes down city center has been turned into an open air exhibition each of the 16 german states is showcased in a glass cube like this one. But central to the exhibition is of course the history of germanys division and eventually coming together as one unified nation. That fateful event in 1990 also paved the way for potsdam to recover some of its historical splendor. In the 30 years since germanys ringing of a case in pot. Has and a bit quite the contrary actually the city center has been completely revamped and the pression palaces and parks have received a thorough beauty treatment most importantly though the days of walls and border fences separating ponce them from neighboring berlin are long gone. Well spend part of the day strolling aroun
Lolled itself into history with names of pride and shame. Words for all time and words of passing fancy. The decade created a new vocabulary in the magnificent and the minuscule. Kennedy,nis kurtz, pope john, john glenn, graham, the beatles, peace corps, clay, leiber, pope paul, the war, nson, warhol, strikes and streisand, dope, black power, goldwater, hippie, dayan, woodstock, the pill, james bond, tiny tim, king, hair, graham, bobby, wallace, golda meir, ecology, the supremes, apollo, psychedelic, wyeth, joe namath, malcolm x, armstrong, nixon, indira gandhi, demonstrations, lem. But no name, no single word repeated itself as often on the pages of the 1960s, and with so much controversy, as the name vietnam. It was a strange mixture of peace and war, a better filled nowhere and everywhere. Life during the day and death during the night. An ally when moment and gone the next. A jungle with barbed wire. Those who wanted to find a war might have to hunt for it. Those who did not want t