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  2. Diedrich Knickerbocker - Wikipedia

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    The fictional "Diedrich Knickerbocker" from the frontispiece of A History of New-York, a wash drawing by Felix O. C. Darley. Diedrich Knickerbocker is an American literary character who originated from Washington Irving's first novel, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker (1809).

  3. A History of New York - Wikipedia

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    A History of New York, subtitled From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, is an 1809 literary parody on the early history of New York City by Washington Irving. Originally published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker , later editions that acknowledged Irving's authorship were printed as Knickerbocker's History of ...

  4. Knickerbockers (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    Knickerbockers have been popular in other sporting endeavors, particularly golf, rock climbing, cross-country skiing, fencing and bicycling. In cycling, they were standard attire for nearly 100 years, with the majority of archival photos of cyclists in the era before World War I showing men wearing knickerbockers tucked into long socks.

  5. Knickerbocker - Wikipedia

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    Knickerbocker Club, a private male-only social club in New York City; Knickerbocker Greys, an afterschool program in New York City; Knickerbocker Ice Company, based in New York State during the 19th century; Knickerbocker News, a newspaper in Albany, New York published between 1843 and 1988; Knickerbocker Press, a division of publisher G. P ...

  6. The Knickerbocker Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The Knickerbocker Hotel is a hotel at Times Square, on the southeastern corner of Broadway and 42nd Street, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.Built by John Jacob Astor IV, the hostelry was designed in 1901 and opened in 1906.

  7. The Knickerbocker - Wikipedia

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    At the time, "Knickerbocker" was a term for Manhattan's aristocracy. [9] Knickerbocker was also an imaginary personage created by Washington Irving to promote his new book at the time, A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. The work was a satire of both history books and the politics of the time.

  8. Knickerbocker Group - Wikipedia

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    Irving’s first novel A History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty was published in 1809, when he was twenty-six, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker and is the first novel attributed to the Knickerbocker group. [13]

  9. Knickerbocker Club - Wikipedia

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    The Knickerbocker Club was founded in 1871 by members of the Union Club of the City of New York who were concerned that the club's admission standards had fallen. [6] By the 1950s, urban social club membership was dwindling, in large part because of the movement of wealthy families to the suburbs.