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Research material on Amedeo Modigliani, circa 1920-1962, measures 2.1 linear feet and was compiled by art critic Alberto G. d'Atri for his unpublished work, "La Vie et l'Oeuvre de Modigliani Amedeo, ...
The history of Arizona music is the story of a myriad of different scenes and sounds. Here are essential records from 1920s to the 1950s.
Only 100 people were listening, but the first broadcast from a licensed radio station occurred at 8 p.m. on November 2, 1920. It was Pittsburgh’s KDKA, and the station was broadcasting the ...
From people to parades, from buildings to boats, there are thousands of photos from the past that are now available to go through.
In the early 1950s, politicians apparently allowed themselves to be spectators to the anticommunist witch hunt of Senator Joe McCarthy and his supporters, leading to a particularly grim chapter in ...
The now-gone Rainbo Pier was built a century ago in 1924 and spanned 930 feet. Battered by tropical storms, the town ordered it scrapped in 1969.
But in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast from the turn of the century to the 1950s, blackface was all too commonplace. And it wasn't met with outrage, but applause.
The current bull market certainly seems unstoppable, but the question that must be answered, fundamentally, is if this is indeed a secular bull market, and ...
Medical Posters, circa 1920 William Helfand began buying medically themed collectibles in the 1950s when he started working for Merck & Co.
A few weeks ago, I mentioned Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co., which moved passengers and goods between the islands. Several readers said they were aboard one of these vessels, the Humu‘ula.