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Newspaper ads from occupied New York illumine Revolutionary War loyalties Read >>

The End Of Formalized Warfare | August 1955

Military science was very rigid in the 1600’s. It quickly changed when Americans began to fight Indians Read >>

Evangelists To The Machine Age | August 1955

Calling millions to repentance, Moody and Sankey devised a new method of spreading the gospel Read >>

General Howe’s Orderly Book | August 1955

Never before printed, the headquarters record of the British conqueror of New York illuminates crucial events of the American Revolution. Read >>

De Soto And The Golden Road | August 1955

Some men see the beginnings. The conquistador who first saw the Mississippi also took the Inca highway to fabulous Cuzco. Read >>

Another View Of The Great Roads | August 1955

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The Blockade That Failed | August 1955

Not until the Civil War was about over did the U.S. Navy manage to put a halt to the South’s imports Read >>

The Wild Freedom Of The Mountain Men | August 1955

The imagined liberty of Rousseau’s primitive individual was actually attained by the free trappers who helped America gain a continent Read >>

A Medical Profile Of George Washington | August 1955

Stalwart as he was, the general was often ill. A doctor studies his record and notes shortcomings in Eighteenth-Century medical care. Read >>

Made For America | August 1955

Distant lands supplied patriotic tableware to the new Republic Read >>

Spoiled Child Of American Politics | August 1955

Henry Cabot Lodge was a public man in the old sense—one who was often wrong but never evil Read >>

Crazy Bill Had A Down Look | August 1955

Quaint pictures and a grim story tell of prejudice and mob passion in upstate New York of the 1840’s Read >>

The Early Days of Radio | August 1955

An unpublished story from the files of the Oral History Project Read >>

“Heard You Perfectly!” | August 1955

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Just Another Fad | August 1955

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All Alone With The Microphone | August 1955

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Young Man With An Earphone | August 1955

A former radio editor recalls some of his early adventures with the wireless. The place is Westbrook, Maine. Read >>

‘They Heard You In Cape Town!’ | August 1955

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Research And Dr. Langmuir | August 1955

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Dr. Conrad Founds KDKA | August 1955

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Radio Gets A Policeman | August 1955

When former President Hoover was secretary of commerce under Harding and Coolidge, he was called upon to cope with a new and perplexing activity. Read >>

A Young Man Named Sarnoff | August 1955

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How CBS Got Its Start | August 1955

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Mr. Edison Didn’t Like It | August 1955

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