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Greenmarket Farmers Markets Brooklyn’s Wyckoff House Museum to Host First Contemporary Art Exhibit Paintings by Yukako Kondo, courtesy of the Wyckoff Museum Bay Ridge Greenmarket 95th St & 3rd Ave Every Saturday 8am-3pm Bensonhurst Greenmarket 81st St & 18th Ave Every Sunday 9am-4pm Fresh fruits and vegetables from local family farms. EBT/Debit/Credit accepted. EBT Users-- spend $5 in EBT and receive an additional $2 in Health Bucks to spend on fruits and vegetables! www.grownyc.org This summer, the Wyckoff House Museum – one of the oldest buildings in New York City – will host its first contemporary art exhibit, organized by independent curator Yena Lee. The exhibit, titled “In the House: Yukako Kondo and the Remembrance of Things Past,” will showcase breathtaking paintings by Seoul- and Osaka-based artist Yukako Kondo. The rhetoric of Kondo’s art is based on a combination of the vanitas aesthetic of seventeenth-century Dutch still–life painting and the symbolism of Korean folk art. The objects captured from Kondo’s everyday experience refer to the brevity and uncertainty of life and the transient nature of all earthly goods, as well as each individual’s obsession with earthly pleasures such as prosperity and longevity. The two contrasting attitudes toward life and death prompt the viewers to reflect on the meaning of one’s mortal coil: what do we fear and what do we want to achieve This exhibition awakens the memories of private lives lying dormant in the objects and space of the Wyckoff house. Like the petite madeleine of Marcel Proust, the riveting images breathe new life into this historic house once occupied by generations of the Dutch-American Wyckoff family. Intimate stories of a mother and child fill the rooms, summoning up remembrance of things past as told through everyday objects. Visual cues of domestic life are complemented by modern Japanese haiku poems. The exhibition will be on view from August 2 – 17, 2013. An opening reception will take place on August 1 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The artist and curator will appear at the reception, which will include cocktails, snacks and tours of the house and exhibition. The evening will also include a site-specific performance by internationally renowned dancer, Mi Hee Lee (the performance will begin at 6:30 p.m.) The Wyckoff House Museum is located at 5816 Clarendon Rd., Brooklyn, NY 11203. 14 • Brooklyn Eagle • Friday, July 19, 2013
On This Day in History Brooklyn’s Only Daily Record of Historical Events in the Borough Founded 1841 — Birthdays — — July 19— Anthony Edwards Clea Lewis Ilie Nastase Wikipedia / Teogon Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta de- Casilla), singer (“It Must Be Him,” “With Pen In Hand”), born in El Paso, TX A n t h o n y Edwards, actor (“Northern Exposure,” “ER,” Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Top Gun), born in Santa Barbara, CA Clea Lewis, actress (“Ellen,” The Rich Man’s Wife), born in Cleveland Heights, OH Ilie Nastase, former tennis player, born in Bucharest, Romania, July 19, 1946. Campbell Scott, actor (The Daytrippers, Hi-Life), born in Westchester County, NY July 19 Men and Women Created Equal The Seneca Falls (NY) Convention was held July 19-20, 1848. In this drawing Elizabeth Cady Stanton addresses an audience on “the social, civil, and religious rights of women.” Illustration: The Granger Collection SENECA FALLS, NY — Women had few rights in pre-Civil War America. They were denied equal access to education and employment, and they were not allowed to vote. In effect, they were second-class citizens. There was no organized women’s-rights movement until the Seneca Falls Convention that was held July 19-20, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York. The organizers of the convention were Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, both Quaker abolitionists. They decided to call a meeting to discuss “the social, civil, and religious rights of women.” A newspaper editorial condemned the meeting as “shocking and unnatural,” but 300 women and 40 men, including abolitionist Frederick Douglass, met at the Wesleyan church. Mrs. Stanton had been behind the New York Married Women’s Property Act, and Mrs. Mott, recognized the need for the forum. It was publicized through an advertisement in the Seneca County Courier. The meeting opened with this startling manifesto: “We hold these truths to be selfevident: that all men and women are created equal …” Then Stanton and Mott presented a Declaration of Sentiments, a statement of demands and grievances patterned after the Declaration of Independence. After two days of debates, the convention adopted long-term goals. The most controversial, passed by only a narrow margin, was a demand for the right to vote. This resolution became the corner stone of the women’s-suffrage movement, but more than 70 years passed before women won voting rights. And the fight for full equality for women continues today. Mrs. Stanton and her followers admitted that they expected “misconception, misrepresentation and ridicule,” but would press on. Among those objecting were Mrs. Stanton’s husband, who so strongly opposed the concept of women voting that he abruptly left town. It was at the Seneca Falls Convention that “bloomers,” a radical departure in women’s dress, were introduced to the delegates. The daring costume took its name from Mrs. Amelia Jenks Bloomer, a reformer who sought to “emancipate” women from conventional and feminine modes of dress. Charlotte Woodward Pierce was only 19 when she attended the convention. She was the only woman attendee who voted in a national election. She voted in the first presidential election open to women, in 1920, Coincidence: It was on July 19, 1984 that Geraldine Ferraro accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president of the U.S. She and Walter Mondale were defeated but her nomination was a historic milestone, particularly concerning women’s rights. FROM THE ORIGINAL EAGLE AND OTHER SOURCES German Sub Sinks The San Diego LONG ISLAND — During World War I Germany sent six submarines on missions to the American coast the main purpose of which was to plant mines. All along the U.S. coast from Chesapeake Bay to the far reaches of Long Island minefields were planted. Eight miles south of Fire Island on July 19, 1918 the U.S. armored cruiser San Diego was rocked by an explosion, and a column of water erupted along the port side. The explosion blew a hole in the hull at the port engine room, killing two seamen instantly. Another crewman oiling the port propeller shaft was never seen again. The remaining engine was flooded and left the San Diego without power, preventing an SOS. When Captain Harley Christy gave the order, the crew struggled to launch the lifeboats manually. As the ship heeled, the smokestacks broke loose, one of them fatally crushing a sailor in the water. Another crew member died when a life raft fell on his head. A sixth sailor drowned after being trapped inside the crow’s nest. Captain Christy dispatched a small boat to shore to contact the Navy. Rescue vessels were soon on their way to help survivors and search for the sub. The ships dropped depth charges on a target that turned out to be the San Diego. As the San Diego sank stern first into the flat sea, more than 1,200 crew members were afloat on boats, on rafts or in the water. They sang “The Star Spangled Banner” and “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” as the ship sank from sight. The San Diego was the only major U.S. warship lost in World War I. Before the war ended the six German U-boats managed to sink a total of 99 vessels off the U.S. East Coast, with an aggregate tonnage of 166,907 gross tons. Besides the material loss, 421 deaths are attributed to this U-Boat offensive. The San Diego still lies at the bottom off the coast of Long Island, a premier dive site, attracting thousands of divers a year and taking the lives of six who became disoriented inside the salty hull. Artifacts from the ship can be seen at the intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in Manhattan The Navy has been trying to discourage divers from taking artifacts from the ship in recent years, saying the San Diego is still government property and a war grave. In 1998 the wreck was put on the National Register of Historic Places in a further effort to preserve what remains. Famous American Gunsmith’s Birthday HARTFORD, CT — Samuel Colt was born on July 19, 1814 in Hartford, Connecticut. At the age of sixteen he went to sea, and during his first voyage he Samuel Colt was born on July 19, 1814. He invented the first practical handgun that could fire repeatedly without reloading. This is part of an advertisement for the revolver. Illustration: Connecticut State Museum made a wooden model of a revolver. When he returned to the United States he secured patents for his single-barreled pistol in 1835 and 1836. It was the first practical handgun that could fire more than one or two shots without reloading. Colt called it a revolver because the bullets were held in a revolving cylinder. With each cock of the hammer or pull of the trigger, the cylinder revolved, moving another bullet into firing position. The revolver was also known as the “six-shooter,” because its cylinder held six bullets. A company was formed to manufacture the pistol, but it became insolvent in 1842. Colt invented an electrically controlled submarine mine and ran a telegraph business. With the outbreak of the Mexican War in 1846, the Federal government placed an order for 1,000 of Colt’s revolvers. In 1847 Colt set up his own company, Colt’s Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company, in Hartford. During the Civil War, the Union army chose Colt’s .44-caliber revolver as its official pistol, while the Confederacy copied another Colt model, a .36-caliber revolver. By 1852 Colt had become successful in manufacturing and marketing his weapons. In 1852 Colt built a large armory in Hartford, where, in addition to firearms, machinery for manufacturing The San Diego was the only major U.S. warship lost in World War I. She sank off Fire Island on July 19, 1918 as the result of German U-boat activity. There were six American casualties. llustration: Steamship Historical Society, Univ. of Baltimore firearms was made. Not only soldiers but western settlers attacked by Indians, and cow-town sheriffs confronted by outlaws all had reason to be grateful to Samuel Colt. Colt and another inventor, Eli Whitney were responsible for introducing the use of interchangeable parts into American manufacturing practice. This contribution to industrial development made possible the remarkable achievement of modern production-line manufacturing. Samuel Colt died a rich man in 1862. His company continued to produce new models, including the Buntline Special, a revolver with a barrel over a foot long. It was used by legendary gunslingers Wyatt Earp and “Wild” Bill Hickok. The 1950 movie Colt .45 (aka Thundercloud) might interest some readers. Randolph Scott is cast as a representative of the Colt factory who travels west to demonstrate the attributes of the weapon. Much is to be learned about the revolver in Scott’s demonstrations. But true to Hollywood the other Scott in the film, Zachary, steals a couple of the demo guns and goes on a crime spree which might have created a campaign against owning guns similar to the one we have these days. One film critic says the gun itself is the star of the movie. Friday, July Brooklyn 19, 2013 Daily • Eagle Brooklyn July 19, Eagle 2013 • 15 • 0
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