CURRENT ISSUE
November 2013
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Features
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101 Objects That Made America
Pulled from the Smithsonian collections, these items range millennia, from pre-historic dinosaurs to the very first supercomputer
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American Buffalo
Whether roaming free or stuffed, this symbol tells a thousand stories
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Audubon Plate
An amateur naturalist’s unparalleled artworks still inspire conservationists and collectors alike
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Life Preserver
Explorer John Wesley Powell filled in “great blank spaces” on the map
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Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit
A wearable spacecraft let humans take one giant leap away from Earth
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Burgess Shale
Famed fossils are a link to some of the first complex creatures on earth
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Walt Whitman Photograph
A haunting image captures America’s quintessential poet
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Chavez’s Jacket
A farmworker’s initiative improved lives in America’s fields, and beyond
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Justice O'Connor's Robe
A traditional garment symbolizes a commitment to the rule of law
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Lincoln’s Top Hat
It defined the great president in life—and now links us to his final hours
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Predator Drone
Unmanned, remote-controlled aircraft changed the character of war
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Clovis Points
Beautifully crafted blades point to America’s first successful culture
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Singer Sewing Machine
A homemaker’s convenience clothed a nation
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Eniac Computer
A look back at the room-size government computer that began the digital era
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Ration Ticket
Forced onto reservations, Indians gave up a traditional way of life
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AIDS Quilt
A patchwork of talent and grief traced the course of a plague
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John Deere Plow
A steel blade turned Midwestern mud into the nation’s breadbasket
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Negro League Baseball
Segregated teams opened the national pastime to African-Americans
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Barbie
Wildly popular with girls, a new doll irked the women’s movement
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Richard Petty's Stock Car
The chariot of the King
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Spirit of St. Louis
A daring flight shrank the world and created the first global celebrity
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Pocahontas Engraving
The Indian princess saved Jamestown colony—and spawned fairy tales
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Giant Panda
Millions adore the furry exemplars of China’s “soft power”
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Stained Glass Shards
A church bombing killed four girls and galvanized the civil rights movement
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The Pill
A new birth control method gave women unprecedented power and revolutionized daily life