Katrina Gulliver

What was in the water circa 1992?

Marbled paper was a way to make banknotes and checks unique—a critical characteristic for a nascent American Republic.

This nineteenth-century industrial product became a military staple and a critical part of local food culture around the world.

Pneumatic tubes offered a leap forward in business and communications, in the office and across the city.

The beauty parlor became a place of sociability for women in the twentieth century, partly aided by modern technology of hair drying.

Milk banks, a successor concept to wet nursing, are a little discussed part of the contemporary landscape of infant care.

Should museums only exhibit work of their own culture, or should they bring the world to visitors?

A new book considers the possible alternative outcomes of the battles in America's war for independence.

The popularity of tanning rose in the early twentieth century, when bronzed skin signaled a life of leisure, not labor.

Once a key element in Native economies of the region, clams and oysters became a reliable source of free protein for working-class and poor urban dwellers.

Before Salem, this small town succumbed to the witch-hunting fever.

Leila Philip's book is thrilling, both on scientific and historical levels.

The Hat Riots of 1922 show how arbitrary, elite rules can spur civil unrest.

Why the Gilded Age was the era of statues.

Before you grab the 'raw,' some thoughts on how food was before safety and labeling regs were passed.