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People, events and movements related to the 15th through 21st centuries
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17th century kitchen

Food From the Age of Shakespeare

By using cookbooks from the 17th century, one intrepid writer attempts to recreate dishes the Bard himself would have eaten
April 22, 2011 | By Amy Arden

Racing on wood track

The Early, Deadly Days of Motorcycle Racing

Photographer A.F. Van Order captured the thrills and spills of board-track motorcycle racing in the 1910s
April 2011 | By David Schonauer

Diego de Silva Velazquez

Velázquez: Embodiment of a Golden Age

The magic of Velázquez has influenced artists from his contemporaries to Manet and Picasso
April 2011 | By Jamie Katz

Gene Krupa drum kit

Gene Krupa: a Drummer with Star Power

Rising to fame with the Benny Goodman band, Gene Krupa was the first superstar drummer
March 2011 | By Owen Edwards

Gauguin Te Nave Nave Fenua

Gauguin's Bid for Glory

Of all the images created by the artist Paul Gauguin, none was more striking than the one he crafted for himself
March 2011 | By Ann Morrison

Journal American newsroom

The Newsroom Rush of Old

Newsrooms may look different today, but their need for speed never wavers
March 2011 | By Michael Shapiro

Snow shoes

In Case of Emergency, Pack Snowshoes

In 1933, Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh prepared for the worst by packing winter gear before flying over the Arctic
January 2011 | By Owen Edwards

JP Morgan

J. P. Morgan as Cutthroat Capitalist

In 1903, photographer Edward Steichen portrayed the American tycoon in an especially ruthless light
January 2011 | By Abigail Tucker

San Miguel town

Under the Spell of San Miguel de Allende

Ever since American Stirling Dickinson arrived there in 1937, the Mexican town has been a magnet for artists and U.S. expatriates
December 2010 | By Jonathan Kandell

Town Brook water supply

The Waterway That Brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth

Town Brook gave sustenance to the Plymouth’s early settlers, but years of dam building have endangered the struggling stream
November 22, 2010 | By Abigail Tucker

Monarchist in Russia

Resurrecting the Czar

In Russia, the recent discovery of the remains of the two missing Romanov children has pitted science against the church
November 2010 | By Joshua Hammer

Richard Crowninshield

A Murder in Salem

In 1830, a brutal crime in Massachusetts riveted the nation—and inspired the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne
November 2010 | By E.J. Wagner

Excerpts From
Patience Worth's

The Sorry Tale

October 13, 2010 | By Patience Worth

Osceola

A Seminole Warrior Cloaked in Defiance

A pair of woven, beaded garters reflects the spirit of Seminole warrior Osceola
October 2010 | By Owen Edwards

Richie Ferguson age 4

Shooting the American Dream in Suburbia

Bill Owens was seeking a fresh take on suburban life when he spotted a plastic-rifle-toting boy named Richie Ferguson
October 2010 | By Owen Edwards

Pearl Curran

Patience Worth: Author From the Great Beyond

Pearl Curran, a St. Louis housewife, channeled a 17th-century spirit to the heights of 20th-century literary stardom
September 2010 | By Gioia Diliberto

Annie Oakley shooting over her shoulder

How Annie Oakley, "Princess of the West," Preserved Her Ladylike Reputation

Born in 1860, the famed female sharpshooter skillfully cultivated an image of a daredevil performer with proper Victorian morals
August 12, 2010 | By Jess Righthand

A long-anonymous college student in New York City reflected both the gravity and zaniness of that first Earth Day protest.

An Earth Day Icon, Unmasked

The 1970 photograph became an instant environmental classic, but its subject has remained nameless until now
August 2010 | By Timothy Dumas

George Friedman

George Friedman on World War III

The geopolitical scientist predicts which nations will be fighting for world power in 2050
August 2010 | By Terence Monmaney

Field Beach by Mary Blood Mellen

The Grand Women Artists of the Hudson River School

Unknown and forgotten to history, these painters of America's great landscapes are finally getting their due in a new exhibition
July 21, 2010 | By Judith H. Dobrzynski


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