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Pieces of the 1861 Lincoln "solferino" state china on display in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.. The china service of the Lincoln administration generally refers to a set of purple-banded china dishes used for serving and eating food at the White House, home of the president of the United States for state dinners.
Syracuse China, located in Lyncourt, New York (a suburb of Syracuse), was a manufacturer of fine china. Founded in 1871 as Onondaga Pottery Company (O.P. Co.) in the town of Geddes, the company initially produced earthenware; in the late 19th century, O.P.Co., began producing fine china, for which it found a strong market particularly in hotels, restaurants, and railroad dining cars.
A piece from the Polk dessert service. The White House needed a new china service when the Polks took up residence in 1845. The same company which produced the Monroe china service, Dagoty-Honoré of Paris, made their state dinner service. The dinner and dessert services were ordered in 1846; 400 pieces cost US$979.40.
In New York City, federal prosecutors recently opened an investigation into lead hazards found in the city’s public housing. According to the health department , one of the biggest sources of lead exposure for New York City children is lead paint, which can flake and crumble onto floors, especially at friction points like door and window frames.
Feeding Gotham: The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 1790–1860 (Princeton UP, 2016) xviii, 347 pp. Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin & Michael Batterberry (1973). On the Town in New York, from 1776 to the Present. Scribner. ISBN 0-6841-3375-X. Hauck-Lawson, Annie; Deutsch, Jonathan, eds. (2010). Gastropolis: Food & New York City ...
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From November 2013 until January 2016, the NYC Housing, Preservation and Development agency, which is responsible for oversight of the city’s vast stock of multi-unit residential buildings, issued more than 10,000 violations for dangerous lead paint conditions in units with children under the age of six, the age group most at risk of ingesting lead paint.
New York: During the first 9 days of the month, based on the last digit of your case number, except in New York City, where benefits are loaded over 13 days that are not Sundays or holidays