May 16, 2022
New Look, Same Great Look
The history of humans being confounded by color photography.
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May 13, 2022
Speed limits, to-go containers, and very old moving pictures.
Read MoreMay 11, 2022
An accounting of racist murders in nineteenth-century America.
Read MoreMay 06, 2022
Weaponizing a history of discrimination, John Brown in fiction, and finding cave art.
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The evolution of the disposable razor, the invention of the sports bra, and the collective groan of archivists everywhere.
Read MoreApril 20, 2022
In the 1980s the Egyptian government was determined to stop the spread of the “vulgar” cassette.
Read MoreApril 15, 2022
Little Ukraine, Monsieur Pomme de Terre, and the history of an emotion.
Read More2022:
Brazilian blocos ignore ban on Carnival celebrations.
1576:
Italian plague patients ignore ban on dance parties.
2022:
YouTuber accused of crashing an airplane as a publicity stunt.
1896:
Passenger agent crashes two trains in a publicity stunt.