Heroes & Trailblazers

Be inspired by fascinating men and women whose drive and determination transformed our country and our lives.

The Yale Lock: Still Keeping Homes Safe 160 Years Later

In 1847 Linus Yale, Sr. (1797-1858) opened a lock shop in Newport, NY. His particular interest was creating locks thatblank did a better job at securing bank vaults. He knew the Egyptians had used pin-tumbler lock several thousand years ago, but they were made of wood and were large and bulky. Yale was fascinated by the thought that the tumbler lock might be re-fashioned using more modern materials.

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Weegee and Early Crime Photography

blankToday our society has cameras everywhere, and we have become accustomed to being able to watch tragedy unfold. From the day in 1994 when twenty news helicopters tailed the Ford Bronco carrying O.J. Simpson on the afternoon he was to have turned himself in at police headquarters to the videos on both television and the Internet as Michael Jackson’s body was removed from his home on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, we have come to expect that we will be able to see moment-by-moment images of whatever tragic story is getting good press that day.

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