Born in 1889 to former slaves, Webster was part of the first free generation of African Americans in the U.S. She earned an ...
Dispatch: "Start and growth of auto industry here in St. Louis. Interesting struggles of first builders of motor cars and ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN13d
How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National ToyIn 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly ...
The Advocate (Newark) on MSN14d
The Newark Arcade's June 1909 opening couldn't have been timed better for store ownersNewark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout of the Licking County Library describes the days surrounding the Newark Arcade's ...
They brought in orators and writers and had a debate club. In 1909, the Grattans threw a huge banquet on March 4. The invitations read “Irish Day in Pittston.” The wasn’t an ode to St ...
Helena, 1909: "May Festival is over tonight, maybe I will have a chance to breathe. We had some good times." The well-dressed ladies were posed in three "horseless carriages," ironically in front of a ...
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