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February 1995

Features

From the muddy yard of a private collector to the dresser drawers of a dealer, Mitchell Wolfson ransacks the world for his finds

Gentle whale sharks roam the world's warm seas but were rarely seen until an Australian gathering place was found

Jeffrey L. Rotman

A century after his birth, four decades after his death, the amazing Babe maintains a powerful grip on America's imagination

David M. Schwartz

When a big mainframe first showed up at Ohio State University, this member of the artfaculty began moonlighting across the quad

As the author of the best-selling Read-Aloud Handbook, Jim Trelease believes making time for books creates a lifetime love of reading

David M. Schwartz

At the site of a new Smithsonian museum, a team of archaeologists dug up traces of a 19th-century neighborhood

Razors have come a long way in 7,000 years, but preparation and a steady hand remain the survival skills each time steel meets skin

Jay Stuller

A silver speedster from the 1930s evokes the golden age of flight, a pair of world-class speed records and the early triumphs of Howard Hughes' life

The electronic transformation that is under way at the Smithsonian will fulfill a central promise of democracy