Collection Intrepid Innovation
The computer, the car, space travel. These technologies, while seemingly old hat now, are examples of monumental technological advancement. Even...
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Demolition work in the entrance hall in 1950 exposed Hoban’s plaster cornice.
The computer, the car, space travel. These technologies, while seemingly old hat now, are examples of monumental technological advancement. Even...
Whether by hoof, air, waterway, road, or rail, the President’s access to reliable transportation is essential during their time in...
A group of physicians and surgeons meeting in Washington 1891 was treated to a reception at the White House on the...
"Largely through television," notes historian William Seale, the White House "is the best known house in the world, the instantly...
TEACHER'S TEXTIn a democracy, the people speak at the ballot box. Their votes send a message to representatives at all...
TEACHER'S TEXTThe Cold War witnessed the United States and the Soviet Union competing to dominate outer space with the same...
The hot Florida sun beat down on a crowd gathered at Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969. As the Apollo 11 mission blasted...
Stained glass, a medieval art, was revisited in the historically retrospective nineteenth century. The art was a prominent feature of...
At the beginning of the twentieth century, some people believed that the automobile was a toy for the rich that...
The 1850s saw many improvements and expansions to the mansion's existing conveniences. By this time many Americans who had gaslight...
President John Quincy Adams was an avid gardener who expanded the White House garden to two acres. An iron garden...
James Knox Polk was at home in Columbia, Tennessee, when he judged that it was about time to find out...