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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Home Health Manuals gained popularity in the United States during the 19th century and played an important role in medical care up until the early 20th century. This blog post highlights these manuals and the broad range of topics they covered.
Posted in: Health Sciences, Science
Posted by: Nate Smith
This post gives a brief description of the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples, which destroyed several nearby cities. It goes on to focus on a four-volume work, one of first comprehensive studies of the site, which includes illustrated plates of sculptures and other artwork. This work also led to increased scholarship of and tourism to the area into the present day.
Posted in: Engineering, Favorites From the Fifth Floor, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, History of Science and Technology
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Looking at an edition of Investment Bankers and Brokers of America opened my eye to New Orleans' past investment community.
Posted in: Business, New Orleans
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Railroad industrialist Jay Gould and stockbroker Jim Fisk artificially drove up the gold market in 1869 in a scheme that resulted in a dramatic price crash on September 24, 1869, known as Black Friday. This post looks at three political cartoons that depict the players involved in the 1869 Gold Crisis.