The company used patents and trademarks to develop a line of machines based on inventor Chester Carlson's 'electrophotography'
One activist thought celebrating the founding of the nation would be better spent as a "a quiet day under the trees"
Even as some enslaved men escaped North, the retreat by the Army of Northern Virginia would have been disastrous without the support of its camp servants
The Indiana Medical History Museum is telling the human stories behind its collection of brains, tumors and other biological remains
Sure, the 19th-century invention transformed shopping. But it also revolutionized how we think about the built environment
One hundred years ago, the news broke that World War I had officially ended.
In an era of partial suffrage, these inventions helped women cast their votes
A month after the riots in New York, a raid on an Atlanta movie theater sparked a gay liberation movement of its own
These four sites give visitors a glimpse into the trench warfare tactics soldiers experienced during the Great War
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
To counter the effects of weightlessness, NASA equipped Apollo 11 with an Exer-Genie for isometric exercises
Stories from the Institution told in an innovative audio experience
Adam Chandler’s new book explores the intersection between fast food and U.S. history
College dropout Richard Drew became an icon of 20th century innovation, inventing cellophane tape, masking tape and more
A Canadian department store tried to revolutionize buying when it opened a shop with booths and screens for ordering merchandise
2,500 years ago, Anaxagoras correctly determined that the rocky moon reflects light from the sun, allowing him to explain lunar phases and eclipses
Artifacts from the National Museum of American History highlight the broader story of gay history and activism
Despite being much smaller than previous fires, the river blaze in Cleveland 50 years ago became a symbol for the nascent environmental movement
In Washington’s Virginia, family was a crucial determinant of social and economic status, and freedom
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