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February 19, 2018
Victorian Shop Front Design
Ken White is most well known for his work designing bookstores and convenience shops, but did you know that he is also an author? Ken White, often with his son, Frank White, wrote a number of books on bookstore design and visual merchandising (which I hope to discuss more in the future), but I wa
February 19, 2018
New Digital Collection: "Store Chat" Magazine
Hagley’s Digital Archives continues to grow with the addition of Strawbridge & Clothier’s employee magazine, Store Chat. Strawbridge & Clothier was a department store founded in 1868 by Justus C. Strawbridge and Isaac H. Clothier in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
February 19, 2018
Digging into Magnetic Recording Technology
Not many people, and not even many music historians, know that the history of magnetic recording technology is virtually coextensive with that of sound recording, dating all the way back to the 1880s.
February 19, 2018
Campaign funding and PACs
How campaigns are funded has long been a concern of Congress, particularly when it came to political parties, political action committees, unions, and other groups. In 1910, the Federal Corrupt Practice Act was enacted and amended in 1911 and 1925.
January 22, 2018
The First "Viral" Super Bowl Commercial
During Super Bowl XI in 1977, Xerox debuted perhaps the first “viral” commercial – one that featured “Brother Dominic” – and remains one of the most popular Super Bowl commercials to this day.
January 22, 2018
An Introduction to Digital Computers, 1969
January 22, 2018
Why the Flying Family Car Never Took Flight
In the late 1930s, a revolutionary new personal airplane hit the market. Designed to be as easy to fly as getting behind the wheel of the family car, the ERCO Ercoupe promised to democratize flying. Despite the Ercoupe’s intuitive controls and life-saving safety features, this little plane never
January 22, 2018
Bethlehem Steel: A French Hunt for Conspirators and Traitors during World War I
On April 17, 1918, convicted French traitor and German agent Bolo Pacha, originally known as Paul Bolo, was executed by firing squad in Vincennes, France.

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