For those of us into food history, the New York Public Library has a fondant of a project: online transcription of their menu collection....

For those of us into food history, the New York Public Library has a fondant of a project: online transcription of their menu collection....

In April of 1940, there were just over 132 million Americans. Today, after the obligatory 72 year wait to protect the privacy of the...

I fully expect Masterpiece Classic’s Downton Abbey to inspire the costume choices of many next Halloween (see my post on Downton...

Cole Family Burial Mound, Aberdeen, MD, 2010. The mound was left after gravel stripping operations in the 1940s, and has now been...

Take the A Train. Vintage Ride, NYC Subway, December 201 On Sundays in December, with a little luck and timing, you can catch classic New...

A preserved section of the Lincoln Highway near Rochelle, Illinois, 2005. RL Fifield photo. In May of 2005, my friend Mrs G. (back then,...