The Press: Salesman of Death
A plump, well-fed gentleman in steel-rimmed spectacles set out from Iowa last autumn to sell blood & death to the U. S. Press. With his…
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A plump, well-fed gentleman in steel-rimmed spectacles set out from Iowa last autumn to sell blood & death to the U. S. Press. With his…
A pioneer among secular newspapers was the Boston Transcript when it instituted a religious department — "The Churchman Afield"—33 years ago. The "Churchman" was Herbert…
I wrote about Bates' first two major leaguers, the first man to score a touchdown on Garcelon Field, and to blast a home run on that field.
Irish women working as domestic servants (maids) in New York in the late 19th century faced an avalanche of anti-Catholic and racist slurs, with middle-class homeowners often calling them "Bridget" or "Biddy", regardless of whether that was their name or not.
John Leslie Breck: American Impressionist, an exhibition showcasing more than 70 works by one of the first American artists to introduce Impressionism to the United States, wraps up its tour this summer and is covered in a richly-illustrated exhibition catalogue. The exhibition — the first ever organized by a museum to be dedicated to works by John Leslie Breck (1860–1899) — debuted last fall at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, traveled to the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, and ends its ...