To be seen in a neat Sitting Room, at 141 Broadway: the wonderful mechanisms of fancy glass blower J. Tilley. This early American broadside, ca. 1820, enumerates the delights New Yorkers could observe if they paid the 25-cent admission fee … Read more →
Have you visited Wikipedia today? On average, 500 million people look at 18 billion Wikipedia pages every month! That’s like saying everyone living in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and, oh, Zimbabwe looked at 36 pages this month. With over … Read more →
Many of these Pyrex advertisements date from the 1940s and 1950s, a time when the perception of the ideal American home included a white picket fence, a husband who brought home the bacon, and a wife who could whip up a tasty casserole on demand. The … Read more →
What comes to mind when you hear the name Madame Nora? I picture a woman, draped in colorful fabrics and jangling bracelets, reading my fortune over a crystal ball or channeling spirits at a séance. The real Madame Nora was … Read more →