Blogs & Articles
Confederate War Ship Photo (1865)
From the early days of photography, pictures we used for intelligence gathering. During the Civil War, the Confederacy purchased many foreign ships, largely from Great...
Michael Jackson's Patent for Anti-Gravity Shoes (1993)
On October 26, 1993, the "King of Pop," Michael Jackson, filed United States Patent #5,255,452: Method and Means for Creating Anti-Gravity Illusion. The patent is...
Britain Helps Confederate Navy (1865)
As the American Civil War was ending, U.S. Secretary of State wrote this letter in March of 1865 to the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain...
Nixon's FBI Application (1937)
After graduating from Duke Law School, Richard Milhous Nixon applied to be a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 23,...
First Dog (1940s)
Fala was president Franklin D. Roosevelt's Scottish Terrier. FDR was given to FDR by a cousin. Fala was one of the most famous presidential pets...
Original Coke Bottle Patent (1915)
Before 1915, virtually all soda bottles looked the same. Then, in 1915, the Coca-Cola Company launched a competition among glass makers to see who could...
Nixon Goes to China (1972)
In February 1972, President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon made a historic seven-day official visit to China to improve the relations between the...
President Nixon’s Resignation Letter to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (1974)
On Friday August 9th, 1974, Richard Nixon became the only U.S. president to resign from office. Due to his involvement and cover up of the...
Jefferson Accepting Secretary of State (1790)
The above letter, which is transcribed below, was sent by Thomas Jefferson to President George Washington accepting the position of the first U.S. Secretary of...
