Dear Diary: I was on the southbound 6 train in the Bronx. A well-dressed man sitting across from me was drawing with a pencil in a large, spiral-bound sketchbook. A young boy carrying a box of ...

Known at the time as “peep shows,” the art form combined storytelling with numerous layers that, when opened up, created the illusory effect of depth and perspective. Typically small and delicate, the ...