In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers and records from the U.S. Patent Office to learn about the patents for women’s underwear... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn about women inventors throughout our nation’s history... (Read More)
An article about Thomas A. Edison inventing the phonograph on 21 November 1877... (Read More)
An article about Dr. Elisha Perkins and his invention of the "metal tractor" medical device... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn about the amazing life and accomplishments of the great inventor Thomas Edison... (Read More)
An article about the death of the eccentric yet brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla at the age of 86 in New York City on 7 January 1943... (Read More)
In this article, Duncan Kuehn searches old newspapers to learn about Thomas Edison and his invention of the electric light bulb that changed the world... (Read More)
Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how, more than a century ago, Lydia Estes Pinkham used marketing techniques to promote her medicinal “vegetable compound.”.. (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak writes about finding government records and newspaper descriptions of our ancestors’ inventions... (Read More)