The stained glass window was commissioned by Joseph Pulitzer and installed in the World Building lobby in 1908. When the building was scheduled for demolition, Dean Carl W. Ackerman and Prof. John Hohenberg worked with the City of New York to have…
Koran
3rd section (of thirty) in muhaqqaq script with Persian interlinear translation, on paper. Copied by the calligrapher Mes‘ud and illuminated by Mahfuz, two sons of ‘Abd al-Malek, scribe of Ghiyath, in 657 A. H. (1259 C E)
Smith Oriental MS…
Three reporters for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World newspaper discuss the events of the year 1889, using a Graphophone to record their voices.
On October 10, 1889, the day of the cornerstone laying for the World Building, three reporters for Joseph…