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Tillie Lewis: She got ahead by knowing her tomatoes
Holding a miniature model of one of her 1935 tomato-processing kettles, Tillie Lewis posed in front of the original in 1975
A Century of Punch Cartoons
3 Stranded astronauts on an alien planet, it also shows a space ship crashed on a planet. The picture also shows an astronaut saying "ah well, thank goodness we still have our sense of humor. This image is also about the astronauts discovering a new…
Around the World With a Camera
A fantasy illustration of a Roman-esque warrior on an American plane. Alongside this is an illustration of soldiers presumably from World War 1.
Nature Magazine - September 1932
Cover, Foreword, and Main Story of the September 1932 edition of Nature Magazine.
Morse Code Through Modern Use: Audio Recordings
A catalog of recordings/images that details the history of Morse code, the modern use of morse code, the standard conventions of communication, as well as the means to learn it.
Tags: 1800s Technology Innovations, 19th Century Communications, Alfred Vail, Code Systems in Communications, Cold War Communications, Cryptography, Espionage Traditions., HAM Radio, History, History of Telecommunications, ICH, Learning Morse Code, Modern use of Morse Code, Morse Code, Q-Codes, Samuel Morse, Spy Communication Techniques, Telegraphy
Seesawing skillfully between home and career: Lillian Gilbreth
Lillian Gilbreth was an industrial engineer who demonstrated how it is possible to be both a mother and career woman through her contributions to production-line efficiency and innovative designs of various kitchen appliances, which also blended…
Tags: Career, Engineering, family, STEM, Women
Rolling Stone Awards
The 1980 Rolling Stone Magazine Fan Voted Awards. Each year the magazine would have fans vote in different categories for their favorite musicians.
The Dance of Death
Both photos consist of something different. The left photo consists of three people. The three people are a man, a woman, and a skeleton. The man and woman are looking at each other. The woman is on the ground on her knees, and the man is sitting on…
Hart and Hertel Cigar Press
Vintage cigar press made of softwood on the outside and copper beech on the lower layer with hornbeam in the area of the sharp edges on the upper layer. This particular press was No. 9059. The wood is stamped with a “6” and the letters “D.R.G.I.” and…
Randy Shilts (the kid from Iowa)
Produced by the International Magazine of Literature and Art AIDS with “Reinventing Eden” at the bottom. Pushes for the research of aids in LGBTQ communities and criticizes the Reagan administration for the lack of funding research.