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Delivering blocks of ice to an overheated city

I remember, but from a southern viewpoint!!

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Thanks to many decades of home refrigeration, few New Yorkers remember what it was like getting a block of ice delivered by the iceman, and having to rely on that delivery to help keep cool on summer days.

[The iceman cuts a chunk of ice on the sidewalk, Photo: Museum of the City of New York]

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“These hot humdrum summer days bring to mind nostalgic memories of the old horse-drawn ice wagon coming down the street,” detailed one New York Times writer in 1960.

“This was the time, of course, before modern life was filled with newfangled machinery . . . memories of such things as ice boxes and drip pans come to mind when we think of the neighborhood iceman turning the corner into our block.”

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[Delivering his goods in a wagon with an engine, not pulled by horses. Photo: New York Public Library]

Like the milkman or coal…

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The magic of the Queensboro Bridge at night

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The Queensboro bridge was only one year old when Impressionist painter Julian Alden Weir depicted it and the surrounding cityscape in muted blue, green, and gold tones in “The Bridge: Nocturne.”

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It’s not clear what street is lit so bright here, but it hardly matters.

The bridge is like a mountain poking out of the fog, looking down on the rest of the city, which appears miniaturized. Few pedestrians go about their way on the rain-slicked pavement, and random lights from store signs and office windows glow in the nighttime sky.

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Always go with your passions.

Go with the flow!

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Dr. Wambui Waithaka ~ Medical Doctor and Health Sector Campaigner

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WHICH COLOR WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

Purple for me a sign of peace and hope!!

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Jacob Lawrence Great Migration

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Great Migration series currently on display at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York City!

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Langston Hughes

Hold fast to your dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

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Bessie Smith!

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JUNETEENTH

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Each year some African American communities commemorate the end of slavery with a celebration called “Juneteenth”.  Although, the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in January, 1863 many enslaved people didn’t learn of their freedom until many months later, and in the case of Salem, N.C. and Galveston, Texas it was nearly two years later.

This month there will be hundreds of Juneteenth celebration scheduled as the African-American community honors the memories of those who died in the Civil War bringing forth a “New Birth’ of freedom to this country.  Most of these celebration involve music, food, dance, and commemorative speeches as a form of remembrance.

On June 4, Old Salem in Winston-Salem, N.C. will hosts a luncheon in which Dr.Reginald F. Hildebrand, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will speak about The First Year of Freedom in North Carolina: Pursuing Freedom with the Hoe and the Sword, the Book and the Lord.”  He will use primary sources like letters, news reports, and diaries to explain some of the ways in which freedom was experienced in North Carolina in the year 1865.

Enslaved people first celebrated Juneteenth on June 19, 1865 in Texas, but the commemorative services has spread to 36 states.  Celebrants barbecue, sip strawberry soda among other activities such as singing, African dance, and enjoying poetry readings.

 

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