The American Safety Lamp & Mine Supply Company hired M.D. Cremer of England to produce this lamp around 1913. M.D. This John Davis & Son safety lamp manufactured in the early 20th century is notable ...

It is difficult to describe how one faces the prospect of taking apart a national treasure. Of course, in order to reach the level of craftsmanship required, there are years of education and practice ...

Collections 1846 - Elias Howe Jr.'s Sewing Machine Patent Model Sewing Machine Patent Model. Patent No. 4,750, issued September 10, 1846. Elias Howe Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts. While working as a ...

This metal stickpin features Columbia’s circle and slash logo with their motto “You See Them Everywhere/Columbia Bicycles.” The Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut produced this ...

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 ...

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 ...

In January 1917, discouraged by President Wilson’s continued opposition to the suffrage amendment, Alice Paul, the leader of the National Woman’s Party (NWP) posted pickets at the White House ...

Not long after Intel introduced its 8080 chip, a small firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, named MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) announced a computer kit called the Altair, which met ...

History can be kept and revealed in many ways. In the late 19th century, Native men from the northern and southern plains developed a style of visual history by fusing older, symbolic paintings on ...

Eveready “Captain” flashlight in original package. Unit used 2 C-cell batteries and a PR4 or PR2 miniature lamp. Markings: Stamped on bottom: “Made in U.S.A. / Eveready / Trade Mark / [Union Carbide ...

“I meekly followed [the nurse] through the long ward, unable to return the gaze of the occupants of the twenty-six beds, … and with a sinking heart watched her raise the head of a poor fellow in the ...