All posts tagged "cartoons"
-
4.6KBusiness and LaborHow Narragansett Beer Survived Prohibition (But Still Couldn’t Escape the Government)
Narragansett beer survived Prohibition, but it couldn’t escape the government. Not because government agents tried to shut down the brewery during Prohibition,...
-
7.0KArts and LeisureRobert Flaherty Brings Nanook of the North to Life
Nearly 100 years after he initially created the film Nanook of the North, people are still debating Robert Flaherty’s film, describing it...
-
9.5K1ConnecticutPerkins Metallic Tractors – Connecticut’s Cure for Everything That Ails You
A reputable young Connecticut doctor went off the rails shortly after the American Revolution with an invention that supposedly cured everything: the...
-
5.8K8Arts and LeisureGirl Power is Born in 1920 in the Form of Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner
Winnie Winkle was an American city girl familiar to anyone who watches television or movies today: Fashion conscious, hard-working, simultaneously looking for...
-
19.0K9Arts and LeisureSalty Brine for 51 Years Announces News, Weather and No School Fosta Glosta
Back in the day, broadcasting legend Salty Brine was as much a part of Rhode Island life as Del’s Lemonade, coffee milk...
-
15.0K9Arts and LeisureThe Salem Witch Trials, or Still Raking It In After All These Years
People still can’t seem to get enough of the Salem witch trials, which remain a mainstay of popular culture 326 years after...
-
6.4K5Business and LaborAmazing Grace Hopper, the Tiny Old Lady Who Changed Our Lives
In 1946, the U.S. Navy considered Grace Hopper too old to be an officer. Thirty-seven years later, President Ronald Reagan promoted her...
-
8.1K15Politics and MilitaryBrother Jonathan, American Icon
After the British hastily evacuated Boston in 1776 following the successful siege of the city by George Washington and the revolutionary militias,...
-
7.7K3Arts and LeisureCharles Dana Gibson Finds the Perfect Woman
When Charles Dana Gibson sold his first drawing to Life magazine, a picture of a comical dog baying at the moon, he...
To Top
