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Lost and Found Again: Photos of African-Americans on the Plains
What would otherwise be a local-interest story became a snapshot of history integral to the American experience
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When Did Humans Come to the Americas?
Recent scientific findings date their arrival earlier than ever thought, sparking hot debate among archaeologists
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When was the first-ever rocket built?
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Air Pollution Has Been a Problem Since the Days of Ancient Rome
By testing ice cores in Greenland, scientists can look back at environmental data from millennia past
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The Unsuccessful Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
On the eve of his first inauguration, President Lincoln snuck into Washington at night, evading the would-be assassins who waited for him in Baltimore
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3D-TV, Automated Cooking and Robot Housemaids: Walter Cronkite Tours the Home of 2001
In 1967, the most trusted man in America investigated the home of the 21st century
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Falernum: The Elusive Cocktail Syrup to Name Drop At Your Next Party
This tiki-era mixer, best served with rum, has a hazy past and an island-y bite
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Future Calling: Videophones in the World of The Jetsons
If there’s one thing the Jetsons came closest to nailing, its the prevalence of being able to talk with your boss or family via video
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Ordering Pizza Online in the Retrofuture
In the 1980s and 90s, there we some really cheesy depictions of ordering food online
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Everything Was Fake but Her Wealth
Ida Wood, who lived for decades as a recluse in a New York City hotel, would have taken her secrets to the grave—if here sister hadn’t gotten there first
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NAACP Leader Roy Wilkins Predicts: “We’ll Elect A Negro President”
In 1970, the civil rights activist shared his prescient optimism about the future of race relations in the United States
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That Time a Chicken Crashed Nixon’s Inaugural Ball and Other Crazy Inaugural Tales
Ten quirky moments from inaugural history, including presidential lassoing
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Who Were the Six Native American Chiefs in Teddy Roosevelt’s Inaugural Parade?
Another inauguration, another opportunity to learn more about the men whose presence shocked the country
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War and Peace of Mind for Ulysses S. Grant
With the help of his friend Mark Twain, Grant finished his memoirs—and saved his wife from an impoverished widowhood—just days before he died
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Garrison Keillor’s 1996 Predictions for the Future of Media
A woebegone tribute to the ending of an era
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Document Deep Dive: The Menu From President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Ball
What delicacies and confectionaries were found on the 250-foot-long buffet table?
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The museum director and former film studies professor examines Quentin Tarantino’s take on slavery
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The Jetsons and the Future of the Middle Class
Living paycheck to paycheck in the techno-utopian future
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The Gadgets of the Future From the Electrical Shows of Yesterday
Decades before the debut of the Consumer Electronics Show, early adopters flocked to extravagant high-tech fairs in New York and Chicago
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