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What is arabbing? Inside the 19th-century Baltimore tradition that stubbornly persists
Nestled in an alley behind rowhouses in West Baltimore’s Hollins Market neighborhood, standalone watermelon, crates of ...
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Take a Look at the ‘Extraordinary’ 19th-Century Portraits Made With Some of the Earliest Methods of Photography
A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...
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A 19th-century SF laundry owner remains core to the 14th Amendment
As part of the installation, visitors will learn about Yick Wo. v. Hopkins, an 1886 Supreme Court case that specified that ...
Historic Greater Cincinnati train depot transformed into craft brewery
A craft brewery has opened in a 19th-century building in Morrow, and the concept plays heavily into the building's storied ...
The Gilded Age: Creator sees parallels between today's super rich and robber barons of old
As the new series of Julian Fellowes' historical drama airs, the Downton Abbey creator thinks Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos would ...
Deployed to Meet an ‘Invasion,’ Marines Were Once Invaders of Mexico
Many Mexican Americans remember that California became part of the United States after a 19th century war that cost Mexico ...
How Newport ‘worked its magic’ on ‘The Gilded Age’ creator Julian Fellowes
The Rhode Island destination and its historic mansions get starring roles in HBO’s popular period drama, returning Sunday.
Pensacola will dedicate marker for 80 unmarked graves at Miraflores Park
The marker will recognize a 19th-century African American cemetery that was intentionally covered up in the early 20th ...
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Take a Look at the ‘Extraordinary’ 19th-Century Portraits Made With Some of the Earliest Methods of Photography - Smithsonian Magazine
Take a Look at the ‘Extraordinary’ 19th-Century Portraits Made With Some of the ... are extremely popular in America, ... of portrait studios that appear in cities around America. ...
Tocqueville’s forgotten solution to America’s democratic crisis
Alexis de Tocqueville’s observations of early America reveal that civic vitality is vital for democracy, and that liberal ...
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500-Year-Old Texts Reveal Secretive Jewish Community That Helped Build The Spanish Empire (While Being Hunted By It)
Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?
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Montclair NJ 19th century apple farmhouse listed for $1.939M - Bergen Record
The home was built by the Harrison family on farmland that later housed the Erwin Park neighborhood in Montclair. A 19th-century farmhouse once tied to Montclair’s early apple trade is on the ...