May 16, 2022
New Look, Same Great Look
The history of humans being confounded by color photography.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
May 16, 2022
May 13, 2022
The Rest Is History
Speed limits, to-go containers, and very old moving pictures.
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May 11, 2022
Report of Action Not Received
An accounting of racist murders in nineteenth-century America.
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May 06, 2022
The Rest Is History
Weaponizing a history of discrimination, John Brown in fiction, and finding cave art.
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April 22, 2022
The Rest Is History
The evolution of the disposable razor, the invention of the sports bra, and the collective groan of archivists everywhere.
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April 20, 2022
Seizing the Means of Audio Production
In the 1980s the Egyptian government was determined to stop the spread of the “vulgar” cassette.
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April 15, 2022
The Rest Is History
Little Ukraine, Monsieur Pomme de Terre, and the history of an emotion.
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March 04, 2022
Dance Stance Revolution
2022:
Brazilian blocos ignore ban on Carnival celebrations.
1576:
Italian plague patients ignore ban on dance parties.
January 25, 2022
Crash Test Dummies
2022:
YouTuber accused of crashing an airplane as a publicity stunt.
1896:
Passenger agent crashes two trains in a publicity stunt.