Dig deeper in to the old photo archive that the Museum of the City of New York just released and you'll find some treasures, like these photographs of Mark Twain's 70th birthday dinner at Delmonico's restaurant in NYC. The event was held on December 5th, 1905, and had a huge guest list—with names like Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Dorothy Canfield, and Twain's nephew Samuel E. Moffett.
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Flashback: How Mark Twain Partied In NYC
Video of the Day: Subway Circa 1905
This video takes you on an underground ride from 14th Street to 42nd Street. Not that exciting, right? Well it was filmed in 1905. As Andrew Sullivan notes, watch to the 5:00 mark where it gets real good.
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