1930s
A Depression- Era Playlist
Poet David Lehman provides a list of his favorite songs from the 1930s, including works by Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and others
October 07, 2009 |
By David Lehman
Roller Derby’s Sisterhood
Ithaca’s SufferJets may have ironic skate names and elaborate uniforms, but on the track, it’s all business
October 02, 2009 |
By Rachel Dickinson
For Those Ruby Red Slippers, There's No Place Like Home
The newly reopened Smithsonian National Museum of American History boasts a rare pair of Judy Garland's legendary ruby slippers
January 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Golden Grail
Few U.S. coins are rarer than the never circulated 1933 double eagle, melted down after the nation dropped the gold standard
June 2008 |
By Owen Edwards
Montague the Magnificent
He was a golfing wonder, a dapper strongman and the toast of the Hollywood smart set—then his past caught up with him
June 2008 |
By Leigh Montville
Showdown on the Court
Buoyed by his reelection but dismayed by rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, a president overreaches
May 2005 |
By William E. Leuchtenburg
Portraits on the Plains
Armed with easel, palette and pencil, George Catlin went west in the 1830s to paint the real "Wild West"
May 2000 |
By Edwards Park
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