*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. Mar. 20, 1936
#Manhattan #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #MadisonSquare #MetropolitanLifeBuilding #WilliamHenrySeward

🇺🇸 08/11/2025 New York
La Statue de William Henry Seward, au Madison Square à New York.

#madisonsquare #midtown #newyork #williamhenryseward

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

“As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity.”

#WilliamHenrySeward, Secretary of State, Governor, and Senator (16 May 1801-1872)

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. Mar. 20, 1936
#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #MadisonSquare #MetropolitanLifeBuilding #WilliamHenrySeward

Sweard's Folly

#WilliamHenrySeward was born #OnThisDay in 1801; the secretary of state bought #Alaska for $7.2 million in 1867; dubbed 'Seward's Folly,' it proved to be 'Seward's Success,' increasing the size of the United States by over 50%:

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