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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-08082-6 (cloth)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Merwood-Salisbury, Joanna, author.
Title: Design for the crowd : patriotism and protest in Union Square / Joanna Merwood-Salisbury.
Description: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018054732 | ISBN 9780226080826 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226604909 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Union Square (New York, N.Y.)History. | City planningNew York (State)New YorkHistory19th century. | City planningNew York (State)New YorkHistory20th century. | PlazasSocial aspectsNew York (State)New York. | New York (N.Y.)History.
Classification: LCC F128.65.U6 M47 2019 NA9127.N5 | DDC 974.7dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018054732
This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).
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Calvin Pollard, Proposal for a Washington Monument in Union Square, 1843. Calvin Pollard architectural drawings and papers, ca. 18301850, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library.
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The Twentieth United States Colored Troops Receiving Their Colors on Union Square, March 5, 1864, Harpers Weekly: A Journal of Civilization (March 19, 1864). Wallach Division Picture Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
The Metropolitan Fair Building, Union Square, 1864. Courtesy of the Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-stereo-1s04949.
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Socialists Meeting in Union Square, New York, May 1st, 1908. Courtesy of the Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ggbain-00337.
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[Alexander] Berkman [speaks at the Socialist meeting], Union Square, May 1st, 1908. Courtesy of the Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ggbain 00334.
Taken 20 Seconds after Bomb Thrown, March 28, 1908. Courtesy of the Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-23413.
Recruit, Union Square, ca. 1917. Courtesy of the Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ggbain-24411.
USS Recruit in Union Square, ca. 1917. Courtesy of the Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ggbain-24400.
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Unemployed American protestors running through Union Square pursued by tear gaswielding police, March 6, 1930. Rolls Press/ Popperfoto/ Getty Images.
Union Square, aerial view, ca. 1944. United States Office of War Information / Museum of the City of New York. 90.28.38.
Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding on Union Square, April 1932. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
Base of Flagstaff looking toward Union Square West. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
Vehicles lined up at the auto pound along the edge of Union Square Park, 1949. New York Daily News Archive/ Getty Images.
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