The Civilian Conservation Corps gave millions of young men a job and their families a lifeline with money they sent home every...
During the Great Depression, the U.S. government built 2.3 million outhouses in rural America. They earned several nicknames, including the Roosevelt Outhouse,...
The Fuller Brush Man for decades roved American cities and towns with a smile, a sample case and a good pair of...
In 1917, the U.S. government set up a camouflage school for women artists in Marshfield Hills, Mass. About five dozen women artists...
Back in the day, products were made in New England — a lot of products. The early cod fishermen and Yankee traders...
During the depths of the Great Depression, a 17-year-old boy from Warren, R.I., enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He did it...