Artifacts from New York History
2014-12-07T18:33:03-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTVlXC8yMDE0MTIwNzE4NDQyNjAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Sam Roberts, author of A History of New York in 101 Objects, used a selection of artifacts from his book to tell the story of New York City. The objects ranged from a 1624 Dutch document which Roberts calls the city s birth certificate to a jar of dust gathered from the remains of the World Trade Center in 2001.
Sam Roberts, author of A History of New York in 101 Objects, used a selection of artifacts from his book to tell the story of New York City.… read more
Sam Roberts, author of A History of New York in 101 Objects, used a selection of artifacts from his book to tell the story of New York City. The objects ranged from a 1624 Dutch document which Roberts calls the city s birth certificate to a jar of dust gathered from the remains of the World Trade Center in 2001. close
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