Amelia Earhart, The fun of it : random records of my own flying and of women in aviation, 1932 Amelia Earhart was born today in 1897. A famed aviator, pioneer more »
Category: History and Culture
Check out these new acquisitions at the National Museum of American History Library! You’ll never look at barbecue the same after reading Savage Barbecue: race, culture, and the invention of more »
Lewton, Frederick L., The Servant in the House: A Brief History of the Sewing Machine, 1930. "Illustration of Singer Sewing Machine Published in 1853." On this day in history—July 17th—the more »
In this day in history—July 15—we commemorate the anniversary of the first flight of the Boeing 707 prototype, nicknamed the "Dash 80," which took place in 1954. Its maiden flight more »
Happy Bastille Day! Lieutenant-colonel (Ninian) Pinkney, Travels through the south of France and in the interior of the provinces of Provence and Languedoc, in the years 1807 and 1808, 1814, more »
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes, and a Trip around it. Trans. by Louis Mercier and Eleanor King [De la terre more »
Don't worry, not all the work is so glamorous! Hoover Company, Hoover: The Story of a Crusade, 1926, Hoover test of woman vacuuming There are many behind-the-scenes folks who volunteer more »