The Origins of the Culture War with James Shapiro
The origins of today's Culture Wars can be found in the 1930s, argues James Shapiro
North America
A collection of 36 Posts
The Wind Tunnel at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (1950)
"Aerodynamic research into hypersonic speeds—perhaps in the region of 15,000 miles an hour—will ultimately be carried out"
Outside The Chicago Theatre On State Street (1950)
The bright lights of the 'wonder theatre of the world' caught the attention of a young Stanley Kubrick
A View Of Mulberry Street In New York City (1900)
A glimpse into Manhattan's teeming streets at the turn of the twentieth century
A Blacksmith in Illinois
Bert Wikle was a member of the German-American Community in the early twentieth century
Harry Clifton and Brideshead’s Sebastian Flyte
The real-life inspiration for a classic character from fiction
The R101 Airship Disaster with S.C. Gwynne
The feats and follies of the airship era, on board the world’s largest flying machine
A Photographic Portrait of Frederick Douglass (1879)
How the most photographed man in America harnessed the portrait as a political tool
Mount Rushmore Under Construction (1932)
Doane Robinson, Gutzon Borglum and the Making of a Monument
