The first Ferris Wheel—known as the Big Wheel—was constructed for the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. It dazzled and then it was gone. This world’s fair was to celebrate […]
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Cross-country travel by plane? By the early 1920s, dreamers knew that one day people would fly across the country. The questions were when, how, and would it be safe? As
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Before there were passenger airline flights there were regularly scheduled flights for the U.S. mail. These flights actually inspired the idea that people might like to travel by plane. In the 1920s,
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The QWERTY keyboard is a relic of the past, but today’s keyboards on laptops, computers, and phones carry it forward. Why? The electronics of our modern devices require regular software
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Today movie theaters are most successful with blockbuster action films. One hundred years ago, movies were exciting and new. Developers built giant movie palaces for those who could afford to
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Airmail postal delivery was first used in 1918. In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt’s postmaster put together a big celebration that is worthy of notice today. The flight pioneered by the
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