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The Apache chief Geronimo was still alive, as were the outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, not to mention the former slave Harriet Tubman, and the first nurse, Florence Nightingale, and the ...

When the investors in the Henry Ford Company couldn’t get Henry to design and build cars for sale they turned to Detroit’s “Master of Precision,” Henry Leland, in 1902 to appraise the company’s assets ...

In the autumn of 1908, the flag of the United States of America had 46 stars, the population was less than 89 million, Teddy Roosevelt was about to vacate the White House and William Howard Taft would ...

The 2016 Chicago Cubs are going to the World Series — for the first time since 1945. The Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 on Saturday night at Wrigley Field to clinch the National League ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to the year 1908. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document our nation’s shared history, art from across the ...

This paper was commissioned by the Regional Plan Association in 2007 for the Rockefeller Urban Summit, and is courtesy of America 2050. Professor Fishman teaches in the urban design, architecture, and ...