Collections Battle of Santa Cruz (from U.S.S. Pensacola ) ...

Physical Description: metal, copper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 7 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 18.415 cm x 20.955 cm x .635 cm ...

Collections 1846 - Elias Howe Jr.'s Sewing Machine Patent Model Sewing Machine Patent Model. Patent No. 4,750, issued September 10, 1846. Elias Howe Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts. While working as a ...

Telegraph keys are electrical switches used to send coded messages that travel as a series of electrical pulses through a wire. Due to special difficulties in sending pulses through long underwater ...

In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first machine that could record sound and play it back. On the first audio recording Edison recited, “Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white ...

The American Brewing History Initiative at the National Museum of American History documents and collects the story of beer and brewing in America, with a special focus on home brewing and craft beer.

Developed by Tappan in conjunction with Raytheon, the RL-1 was the first microwave oven designed for home use. With a retail price of $1,295, only 34 units were manufactured in 1955, the first year of ...

In the opening years of the 19th century, a handful of Connecticut inventors and entrepreneurs transformed the way clocks were made in the United States. Recognizing a vast potential market for ...

In January 1917, discouraged by President Wilson’s continued opposition to the suffrage amendment, Alice Paul, the leader of the National Woman’s Party (NWP) posted pickets at the White House ...

Blue cloth with a circle of eight stars, two wide red stripes and one wide white stripe. General History The Confederate States of America’s first national flag was known as the “Stars & Bars.” This ...

Not long after Intel introduced its 8080 chip, a small firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, named MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) announced a computer kit called the Altair, which met ...

No Rapid Transit session, but attend Meeting of the Grant Monument Trustees at Chamber of Commerce. Call also at State Trust comp. Yesterday remitted $4000. as my 4 th payment to Chicago Worlds Fair ...