Explore New York City at the turn of the 19th century through two recently acquired copies of David Longworth's The New York Directory and Register for 1798 and 1806.
In the history of the organized labor movement Samuel Gompers who, in 1881, helped to found the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions which later became the American Federation of Labor, is a seminal figure.
This post looks at Wa Chong & Company, a Seattle general merchandise/dry goods store that also sold tea and in business at the end of the 19th and early 20th century.
Credit directories from 1859 to 1879 were added to the Dun & Bradstreet Digital Collection, depicting economic growth in towns across America in the 19th century.
The typewriter, using the QWERTY keyboard, designed by Christopher Latham Sholes went into production in 1873 and was the format for all later typewriters. However, later inventors like August Dvorak, had their own ideas about the keyboard's layout.
The Great Depression brought a lot of turmoil to American banks and in 1933 President Roosevelt created a "bank holiday" as a way for the government to stabilize the situation; he then took to the radio to explain the situation in his first Fireside Chat.