When Did the Statue of Liberty Turn Green? : : And 101 Other Questions About New York City / / The Staff of the New-York Historical Society Library, Jean Ashton, Nina Nazionale.
For years, the librarians at the New-York Historical Society have kept a record of the questions posed to them by curious New Yorkers and visitors to the city. Who was the first woman to run for mayor of New York? Why are beavers featured on the city's official seal? Is it true that a nineteent...
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