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said a New York newspaper when the Metropolitan opened its American Wing in 1924. This spring, a new, grander American Wing once again displays the collection that Lewis Mumford found “not merely an exhibition of art,” but “a pageant of American history.” Read >>
The Father of Psychoanalysis came, saw, conquered—and didn’t like it much Read >>
Presidential candidates stayed above the battle until William Jennings Bryan stumped the nation in 1896; they’ve been in the thick of it ever since Read >>
The Apotheosis of the Motor Coach Read >>
Newly Discovered Eyewitness Accounts of the War for Independence Read >>
The Shakers as a Nineteenth-Century Tourist Attraction Read >>
The Klondike Photographs of Clarke and Clarence Kinsey Read >>

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