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On October 1, 1863, six U.S. Treasury Department officials met to discuss the creation of a social and literary club in Washington, D.C. [3] The Metropolitan Club officially organized twelve days later, with 43 members. [3] The first year, dues were $50. [2] On June 25, 1883, the club acquired a lot on the corner of H Street and 17th Streets ...
West 37th Street Entrance. The Camera Club of New York was founded in 1884 as a photography club. Though the Club was created by well-to-do "gentlemen" photography enthusiasts seeking a refuge from the mass popularization of the medium in the 1880s, it accepted its first woman as a member, Miss Elizabeth A. Slade, in 1887, only four years after its inception, and later came to accept new ideas ...
Cosmos Club at Lafayette Square, c. 1921 725 Madison Place Cosmos Club on Lafayette Square Tayloe House Townsend House ballroom. From 1879 to 1882, the Cosmos Club met in rented rooms on the third floor in the Corcoran Building on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C. [8] [6] The club moved into a rented house at 23 Madison Place in Lafayette Square from 1883 ...
First Amendment audit. First Amendment audits are a largely American social movement that usually involves photographing or filming from a public space. It is often categorized by its practitioners, known as auditors, as activism and citizen journalism that tests constitutional rights, in particular the right to photograph and video record in a ...
National Arts Club. The National Arts Club is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit and members club on Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1898 by Charles DeKay, an art and literary critic of the New York Times, to "stimulate, foster, and promote public interest in the arts and to educate the American people in the fine arts".
First air date. November 11, 1961. (1961-11-11) Last air date. November 3, 2008. (2008-11-03) WHFS was the call sign for three FM stations in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore markets on various frequencies for nearly 50 years. The first and longest run was a progressive rock station, usually referred to as HFS.
Contents. Music of New York City. The music of New York City is a diverse and important field in the world of music. It has long been a thriving home for popular genres such as jazz, rock, soul music, R&B, funk, and the urban blues, as well as classical and art music. It is the birthplace of hip hop, garage house, boogaloo, doo wop, bebop, punk ...
The Friday Morning Music Club originated in Washington, D.C. in the mid-1880s as an informal club for the study of music. [1] Members of the club were required to audition to become a part of the club, and had to take part in musical performances. Early activities included reading from musical periodicals, the creation of a musical library, the ...