Page through William Steinway's diary using the buttons below. Click to view annotations (highlighted in red). Jump to a specific date or search for keywords using the tools to the right. Use the ...

Sewing Machine Patent Model. Patent No. 4,750, issued September 10, 1846. Elias Howe Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts. While working as a journeyman machinist, Elias Howe Jr. wrestled for years to find ...

The United States entered the First World War when it declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917. The government promptly established a Committee on Public Information to coordinate propaganda for the ...

Animation cel of Bugs Bunny saying "What's Up Doc?” Tex Avery created Bugs Bunny in an award-winning cartoon he produced for Warner Brothers in 1940 called The Wild Hare . Initially known as Jack E.

Cookie Monster is a live-hand puppet originally performed by Frank Oz and currently performed by David Rudman. In a live-hand puppet, like Cookie Monster, one of the performer’s hands is in the puppet ...

John Garand was a civil service employee. As the chief civilian engineer at the Springfield Armory in Massachusetts, he invented a semiautomatic .30-caliber rifle known as the M1 or the "Garand." His ...

In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first machine that could record sound and play it back. On the first audio recording Edison recited, “Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white ...

The American Brewing History Initiative at the National Museum of American History documents and collects the story of beer and brewing in America, with a special focus on home brewing and craft beer.

(re)Framing Conversations: Photographs by Richard Avedon 1946-1965 explores the power and impact of post-WWII magazine photography through iconic portraits. Six thematic sections totaling twenty ...

Lawn darts (also known as jarts) were a popular backyard lawn game during the 1980s. This lawn dart set sold by DP Superdarts is composed of three yellow darts and three red darts, with two plastic ...

Developed by Tappan in conjunction with Raytheon, the RL-1 was the first microwave oven designed for home use. With a retail price of $1,295, only 34 units were manufactured in 1955, the first year of ...

Blue cloth with a circle of eight stars, two wide red stripes and one wide white stripe. General History The Confederate States of America’s first national flag was known as the “Stars & Bars.” This ...