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Cultural notes for chapters 4 -7The Fourth Ward - the Fourth Ward was a working-class district by the East River waterfront of lower Manhattan. The Tombs - "The Tombs" is the colloquial name for the Manhattan Detention Complex, a jail in lower Manhattan at 125 White Street, as well as the popular name of a series of downtown jails.[1] The nickname has been used for several structures dating from the early-mid 19th Century. The Carmania - was a British passenger liner, which in World War I was converted to an armed merchant cruiser.
Delmonico's - Delmonico's Restaurant was one of the first continuously run restaurants in the United States and is considered to be one of the first American fine dining establishments. The first iteration opened in New York City in 1827. It operated at a number of locations continuously from 1827 to 1923; the name has since been revived periodically over recent decades by other restauranteurs having no continuity with the original establishment.
Theodore Dreiser - Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Tiffany - Tiffany & Co. is a U.S. jewelry and silverware company founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City in 1837 as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium." Stuyvesant Fish - (June 24, 1851 - April 10, 1923) was president of the Illinois Central Railroad. The Four Hundred - the social elite of New York City in the late 19th Century; the term was coined by Ward McAllister.
General Tom Thumb - was the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), a dwarf who achieved great fame under circus pioneer P.T. Barnum.
Al Jolson - (May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a highly acclaimed Russian-born American singer, comedian, and actor, and the "first openly Jewish man to become an entertainment star in America". Coney Island - Coney Island is a peninsula, formerly an island, in southernmost Brooklyn, New York City, USA, with a beach on the Atlantic Ocean. The area was a major resort and site of amusement parks that reached its peak in the early 20th century.
Doge palace - The Doge's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice. In Italian it is called the Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice.
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