EditorialMelba Ruiz waits with her daughter, Naomi, to enter P.S. 118 on the first day of school, in Queens on Sept. 9, 2022. (Salvador Espinoza/The New York Times)
EditorialCrispy chicken thighs with peppers, capers and olives, and creamy corn soup with basil, in New York, Aug. 17, 2021. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times)
EditorialIssued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company, Miss Melba, from the Actresses series issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, 1890, Albumen photograph, Sheet: 2 1/2 ? 1 7/16 in. (6.4 ? 3.7 cm).