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New York State had a significant role in the country's war effort; by September 1945 it led all states both in the production of war material and in the number [...]

One of the most significant and readily identifiable projects of state government among New York State residents, this roadway during its construction was the largest, most expensive, and one of [...]

A temporary state agency that coordinated activities for the defense effort in New York State during World War II. The organization grew out of the State Council of Defense, created [...]

One of the most significant seaports in colonial America, New York City, had a sizable trade in prostitution by the late 1600s. In the following century prostitution grew in conjunction [...]

(b Owosso, Mich, 24 Mar 1902; d Bal Harbour, Fla, 16 Mar 1971). Governor and presidential candidate. Raised in rural Michigan where his father was a postmaster, Dewey worked his [...]

Starting in 1935 state legislators tried to address, initially without success, the endemic discrimination in industrial employment faced by non-Protestants and racial and ethnic minorities. With the outbreak of World [...]

With industrialization the problem of the employment of children in the workplace became widespread. By the late 19th century children would be employed in nearly every industry that employed adults, [...]

Conflict over welfare policy. With the closing of major industries and a rapid increase in the number of people needing financial help, the City of Newburgh (Orange Co) was spending [...]

One of the nation's longest bridges, this 3.03 mi (4.88 km) cantilever truss span is the centerpiece of the New York State Thruway, carrying the roadway across the Hudson River [...]

(b Inwood [now in Nassau Co], 24 Dec 1886; d Lawrence, Nassau Co, 16 Apr 1969). County political leader. Sprague attended Cornell University, earning an LLB in 1910, and the [...]

Cortland Co-raised inventor Elmer A. Sperry moved to Brooklyn in 1905 and began work on his most notable invention, the gyrocompass. Five years later he founded Sperry Gyroscope Co in [...]

(b New York City, 12 May 1901; d Hightstown, NJ, 19 Apr 1996). Assemblyman. Raised in Manhattan, Moffat earned a BA from Harvard (1923) and an LLB from Columbia University [...]

(b New York City, 21 Nov 1889; d Islip, Suffolk Co, 15 July 1961). Politician. Born to wealth, Macy received a BA from Harvard University in 1912. He joined the [...]

(b Homer, Neb, 18 Dec 1874; d Upper Nyack, Rockland Co, 7 June 1971). Educator and political activist. The son of Danish immigrants, Johnson attended the University of Nebraska, receiving [...]

Enacted in New York State in 1945, it was the first law in the nation to ban employment discrimination and to create a permanent fair employment agency, unlike the federal [...]

(b Colton, St. Lawrence Co, 24 July 1846; d New York City, 25 Jan 1922). Banker. Raised on a farm, Hepburn received his early education at St. Lawrence Academy (1861-67) [...]

(b Schenectady, 13 Feb 1902; d Schenectady, 21 May 1959). Speaker of the assembly. Raised by German immigrant parents, Heck attended Union College, graduating in 1924. Enrolling in Albany Law [...]

(b Bristol, Ontario Co, 15 Sept 1876; d Rochester, 3 Dec 1957). Newspaper publisher. Born to poverty, Gannett and his tenant-farmer parents moved constantly, living in numerous towns in Central [...]

Photographic and diversified products manufacturer. In 1842 Edward Anthony (1819-88) opened one of America's first photographic supply houses, E. Anthony Co, in Manhattan. In the 1850s Anthony expanded his firm [...]

Photographic products manufacturer. In 1879 George Eastman, a Rochester bank clerk, developed a successful dry-plate photographic process. The next year he formed the Eastman Dry Plate Co in Rochester. In [...]

The most commonly erected barn in colonial New York, it is most noted for its distinctive boxlike appearance. America's first distinct barn form, it is also known as the New [...]