The State Museum recently acquired a fully-restored 1947 Tavern Television made by the United States Television Manufacturing Corporation (USTMC). Made in New York City, this unit is believed to be one of only five known sets left in the United States and the only one that is in operating...
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Jennifer Lemak, Ph.D.
Chief Curator of History
One of my main concentrations of ongoing research focuses on the migration of southern African Americans to New York State. Known as the Great Migration, over one million African Americans moved to here between 1910 and 1970. My first book entitled, Southern Life, Northern City: The History of...Read more
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