On Oct. 23, 1910, Blanche Stuart Scott became the first American woman to make a solo public flight when she flew across the Fort Wayne Driving Association's field. She sailed 12 feet above the ground ...

The 1910s marked the birth of movie stardom, with women playing a central role in shaping this new form of entertainment. In ...

Elsa von Freytag Loringhoven (Credit: Library of Congress, Washington, DC) According to a new book, New York's transformation in the 20th Century into a vibrant, modern city is largely thanks to a ...

Aug. 18 marks the centennial of women’s suffrage becoming federal law in the United States. It was an achievement 70 years in the making, and one in which Illinois would play a memorably documented ...

Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to get a pilot's license. It was 1910; women could not even vote, but Quimby wanted to see the world. Now for a story about another kind of traveler. This ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

Just days before Black Friday 2023, I learned about the Black Friday of 1910 — the one that has nothing to do with great sales and American consumerism, but, instead, is a historic day that marks a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Postcard with an image of the Grand ...

According to a new book, New York's transformation in the 20th Century into a vibrant, modern city is largely thanks to a cohort of radical women artists who were overlooked by history, writes Cath ...