Our hoist machine is located overhead, and this is a traction machine, so it is an evolution beyond the winding from elevator. This is the drive ship. This is the gear box, and this is original from 1913. It is a heavyduty design that we really do not see any more today. That is probably part of the reason why this elevator has already lasted close to 100 years. This is the break for the voice machine teh brake. We have the original controller here. Fortunately, the power is turned off. This room was built in 1913, but the National Elevator cut actually was not introduced until 1921. Tell us about this antique controller. What makes it different from a modern controller . The elevator is running on the original d. C. Power. Really simple in operation. Does not include a lot of the features we would have in an elevator today, Automatic Door operation, dispatching, push button operation. None of those features are present, but this is the original from 1913. On this side, we have all the
Conversation in this series that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the passed. This idea inspired Harold Holzer book, the civil war in 50 objects. The objects which were taken from the New York Historical society. This evening, we will be looking at five objects from the book and related Exhibition Group surrounding the theme of art of war. So these works are all very different and have very different background stories. We have the return of the 69th irish regiment. A caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation. We have a painting of an episode of war and some prison art. First, lets look at the relationship between more and art i harold. Did war stimulate part in america and did our change the romantic image of war . I think both. Valerie, good evening. Thanks for having me back. I think the great emphasis of the american painting up to the civil war is history painting and landscape painting. Portraiture continue
More important, new york has had three times the deaths california has had. Back in april almost ten times as many people in the bay area may have had the virus than reported. It is explained it could mean a lot more testing. The mayor says testing will increase significantly. Locations like this will add more appointments. One expert said testing is critical and so are studies that give a clearer picture of where we are with this virus. I am excited to announce a significant expansion of testing in San Francisco. San francisco is recently adding more than 3,000 covid tests each day and that will be going up. In total we will have an additional 1400 testing spots per day. The embarcadero location will have 14 spots and a third city site and two popup sites will be coming for higher infection rates. Turn around time can be 72 hours to several days, an issue that extends beyond the state. They say testing and Contact Tracing is a way to contain the virus. We need to do more, now especial
Funds are bank of america for the boston foundation, wbur, and others. We considered having this form last night, on the 50th anniversary of mrs. Kennedys tour. But did not want to make any of you have to choose between sharing valentines day with loved ones, or come here to the kennedy library. We are so pleased, to have so many of you here with us this evening. 50 years ago, Jacqueline Kennedy introduced herself, and in many ways the public new mrs. Kennedy through her role as the wife of mrs. Kennedy of mr. Kennedy, and a mother of children. On a 1962, there is more substance to Jacqueline Kennedy. On a televised tour of the white house. 46 million million americas americans watch that night. The reviews were lottery. Describing her as a virtuoso performer. My favorite antidote for the evening, of the day that mrs. Kennedy was giving the tour. The day after they watched outtakes of the production. The president asked cbs or pbs if they could reshoot his takes the following day. He t
I know she still loved him why didnt you do it . But for him i would want to understand why he could not him share himself more fully with anyone the most charming and thoughtful personality but underneath there was such reserve in him and i want to understand why he couldnt give himself more to the people who loved him. And to understand not only franklin and eleanor but in many cases to understand the whole extended family that surrounded them in the white house and that these two characters really needed other people to meet those needs left over at the end of their troubled marriage so the second family quarters of the white house was like a hotel and there was about seven People Living there all intimate friends that was new and fun for me. Cspan if you had ask a question about personal relationships that theyve had with other people, who would you be most interested in . Frankly it would be franklin. Not just because he had an affair with her and almost broke up eleanors marriage