Computer History Museum

Digital Attic

Dag Spicer, senior curator at the Computer History Museum, discusses 1950s mainframes, an original Apple One and Steve Wozniak’s baby shoes

Bruce Willis donates John McClane's undershirt to the National Museum of American History, as museum director Brent Glass looks on.

Die Hard Donation

Bruce Willis gives John McClane’s blood-smeared undershirt to the Smithsonian. Yippee-ki-yay…

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Sip ‘n’ Swirl, Y’all

In the heart of the Lone Star state, wineries are giving Texans reason to toast

At an "Antiques Roadshow" taping in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 2006, Nan Chisholm appraises a landscape of Glacier Park by the American artist, John Fery. The estimated value: $15,000-$20,000.

FOR HIRE: Fine Art Appraiser

Former Sotheby’s paintings appraiser Nan Chisholm evaluates her work

From Vienna to Vegas

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To Return Priceless Artifacts, or Not

High Art for 41 Cents

A Boy and His Lifesaver

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Painted Birds

Industrial Arts

From San Mateo Ixtatán, Guatemala

Blues legend John Cephas

Blues Legend John Cephas On His Music

Piedmont-style blues guitarist John Cephas played at the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

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The American Home Front: 1941-1942

By Alistair Cooke, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.00

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What’s Up

Playing with words, painting on plexiglass and wearing teeth

Course du BOC 2010

Guiding Lights

Owen Edwards, an old hand at writing our “Object at Hand” column, explains and how he developed a passion for motorcycle racing

"Into another realm": "Midget" Farrelly surfs the shore break off Makaha, Hawaii, in 1968.

Endless Summers

For almost 50 years, surfing legend LeRoy Grannis has been shooting the curl

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Port Uncorked

The sweet wine rejuvenates its image

The Gullah Geechee perform an ancestral ceremony on Sullivan's Island.

Summertime for Gershwin

In the South, the Gullah struggle to keep their traditions alive

Joelle Linhoff, winner of our 4th Annual Photo Contest, spent three days on a hill overlooking a New Zealand pasture before she snapped the photo that would net her the grand prize. “I just took as many photos as I could,” she says, “using as much film as I had brought. I allotted one whole roll of film to the pasture.”

Capturing the Moment

The winner of the 4th Annual Photo Contest shows off her work in this exclusive photo gallery

Mariza is gaining a reputation as the new queen of fado.

Portugal’s Soulful Sound

Often compared to American blues, fado is gaining global appeal

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