1940s

July 2026

1min read

A- A+

July/august 1990

15 years ago By admin

Volume

41

Issue

5

As the startling impact of visible legs began to diminish, the bosom reclaimed the center of attention. Swimwear designers molded the breasts with tucks and darts or clever shirring, while bathing beauties turned toward the camera and proudly arched their backs.

Stories published from "July/august 1990"

The Census War

Authored by: Jack El-hai

Nearly a hundred years ago, two rival cities fought hard and dirty to win the battle of numbers.

The Founding Wizard

Authored by: John Steele Gordon

200 years ago, the United States was a weakling republic prostrate beneath a ruinous national debt. Then, Alexander Hamilton worked the miracle of fiscal imagination that made America a health,y young economic giant. How did he do it?

Swimsuits Illustrated

Authored by: Anne Hollander

Fashion disposes, the camera exposes. Here’s what was new and exciting for half a century. It didn’t seem quaint then.

Haunted Home

Authored by: Andrew S. Ward

When the author moved into a 1905 house on an island near Seattle, he found himself sharing it with the uncommon people who had lived there before him

A Wrecker’s Dozen—twenty Years Later

Authored by: Samuel Sifton

In February 1970 the editors of American Heritage published “A Wrecker’s Dozen,” by David McCullough. It predicted the destruction of thirteen American buildings and lamented the lack of a widespread conservation ethic in the United States. A while ago G. W.Leaworthy of Titusville, Florida, wrote to us, asking what had happened to the doomed buildings. We decided to find out, and we’re happy to report the news is mostly good.

The Most Wonderful

Authored by: D. R. Martin

Dan Patch never lost a race. But that’s not how he made his owner a multi-millionaire. America’s best-loved horse was also perhaps the most shrewdly marketed animal of all time.

The Most Wonderful

Authored by: D. R. Martin

Dan Patch never lost a race. But that’s not how he made his owner a multi-millionaire. America’s best-loved horse was also perhaps the most shrewdly marketed animal of all time.

1940s

Help us tell the story of America.