MARKS: Crossed swords in underglaze blue; incised cross, former’s mark. PURCHASED FROM: Adolf Beckhardt, The Art Exchange, New York, 1944. This covered cup and stand is from the Smithsonian’s Hans Syz ...

The idea that high-frequency electromagnetic currents might have therapeutic effects was explored independently in 1890–1891 by Jacques Arsene d'Arsonval, a French physician and biophysicist, and by ...

An inscription on the steel tap of this set reads “S. W. CARD MANSFIELD, MASS.” That in the lid of the wooden box reads “ONE NO. 1½ SCREW PLATE / MANUFACTURED BY S. W. CARD, MANSFIELD, MASS. / 3 sets ...

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From the impact of new technologies to the influence of social and cultural changes, FOOD: Transforming the American Table explores the transformation of food and drink in post-World War II America.

Phyllis Diller wore this opera coat trimmed with a white fur shawl collar and wrists and decorated with plastic beads while performing as a solo pianist under the virtuoso pseudonym Dame Illya Dillya.

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War surveys the history of America’s military from the French and Indian Wars to the present day, exploring ways in which wars have been defining episodes in ...

Learn where to eat, shop, and play during your visit to the museum. The main eatery for the National Museum of American History is Eat at America’s Table, serving a changing menu of American regional ...

Understanding women’s history is integral to understanding the American experience. Although often underrepresented in recorded histories, women helped build the United States of America of today and ...

Before the 1860s most of the South had only a rudimentary public school system. After the Civil War, southern states ultimately created a dual educational system based on race. These separate schools ...

The First Ladies explores the unofficial but important position of first lady and the ways that different women have shaped the role to make their own contributions to the presidential administrations ...

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: "Combining the active principle of Guarana with excess of combined Hydrobromic Acid, this preparation more than equals one ...