Walk through any neighborhood today and you're surrounded by decisions that were made centuries ago. The pitch of a roof, the ...

The mid-20th century was a wild frontier of innovation where inventors weren’t just trying to solve problems, they were trying, somehow, to reinvent the way we lived. Some of these inventions came up ...

Discover 25 Inventions That Are Way Older Than You Think! From ancient batteries to Roman concrete, explore surprising ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Correspondence, patents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and subject files about various inventors and ideas. Collection documents women ...

Robert Lucky’s mother was born in 1902 and died in 1998. She grew up on a farm in Virginia with no electricity, no radio, and no telephone. Yet she lived to see a man walk on the moon and the rise of ...