In October 1942, the New York publishing firm Simon & Schuster, the Artists and Writers Guild, and the Western Printing and Lithographing Company of Racine, Wisconsin, joined forces to create a new ...

This pair of apothecary jars allowed a druggist to advertise both the drugs and toiletries carried by the shop. The jars are were advertised in 1898 by the Whitall Tatum Company, and sold to druggists ...

Racial segregation was not illegal in the United States on February 1, 1960, when four African American college students sat down at a "whites-only" lunch counter at an F. W. Woolworth store in ...

This exhibition and website explored Puerto Rico's history, from the 16th to the 20th centuries, through the eyes of collector Teodoro Vidal. Vidal captured the island's history by collecting ...

"Spacecraft technicians check the fuel cell in the adapter section of the Gemini VII spacecraft. Three modules each containing 32 individual sections are combined with appropriate control devices to ...

The first successful microwave EDM was invented by Col. Harry A. Baumann of the South African Trigonometrical Survey, developed by Trevor Lloyd Wadley of the Telecommunications Research Laboratory of ...

The packet ship Ohio was built at Philadelphia, PA in 1825 and measured 105’-6” on deck and 352 tons. Its ownership changed several times, beginning with C. Price & Morgan’s Philadelphia–New Orleans ...

Share an intimate and dramatic view of the Nixon presidency and the Watergate hearings as seen through the lens of photojournalist Fred J. Maroon. The website for this exhibition was retired in 2024 ...