Years
People, events and movements related to the 15th through 21st centuries
Four for a Quarter
Photographer Nakki Goranin shows how the once ubiquitous photobooth captured the many faces of 20th-century America
September 2008 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Negotiations
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged in pre-debate negotiations in 1858.
September 01, 2008 |
By Smithsonian.com
Botticelli Comes Ashore
With the purchase of Botticelli’s Death of Lucretia, Isabella Stewart Gardner took American collecting in a new direction
August 12, 2008 |
By Cynthia Saltzman
Q & A: Cynthia Saltzman
The author of Old Masters, New World discusses how 19th century American collectors acquired European masterpieces and what it meant for museums and our nation.
August 12, 2008 |
By Alison McLean
1964 Republican Convention: Revolution From the Right
At the ugliest of Republican conventions since 1912, entrenched moderates faced off against conservative insurgents
August 2008 |
By Rick Perlstein
Leopold and Loeb's Criminal Minds
In defense of murderers Leopold and Loeb, attorney Clarence Darrow thwarted a nation's call for vengeance
August 2008 |
By Simon Baatz
Blood in the Water at the 1956 Olympics
Political turmoil between Hungary and the Soviet Union spills over into an Olympic water polo match
August 01, 2008 |
By Miles Corwin
Precarious Lebanon
For decades, this tiny Mediterranean nation of four million has segued between two identities
July 2008 |
By Joshua Hammer
John Muir's Yosemite
The father of the conservation movement found his calling on a visit to the California wilderness
July 2008 |
By Tony Perrottet
About Carleton Watkins
On the life and career of the 19th-century American landscape photographer who captured Yosemite in stereo
July 2008 |
By Bruce Hathaway
The First “Teflon” Hero
What July 4th, 1754 reveals about George Washington’s survival skills
June 2008 |
By Kenneth C. Davis
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
The Brink of War
One hundred fifty years ago, the U.S. Army marched into Utah prepared to battle Brigham Young and his Mormon militia
June 2008 |
By David Roberts
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
On the Origin of a Theory
Charles Darwin's bid for enduring fame was sparked 150 years ago by word of a rival's research
June 2008 |
By Richard Conniff
Betty Ford's Tabled Resolution
Betty Ford had a what-the-hell moment—and an accomplice in photographer David Hume Kennerly
June 2008 |
By William Booth
