All posts tagged "world war ii"
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4.4KMassachusettsThe Ashton Valve Company Saves Lives
The Ashton Valve company was born out of Henry G. Ashton’s desire to make boiler rooms a safer working environment. In its...
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3.8KBusiness and LaborThe Fuller Brush Man Gets His Foot in the Door
The Fuller Brush Man for decades roved American cities and towns with a smile, a sample case and a good pair of...
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2.6KArts and LeisureLois Long, the Flapper Who Roared With the 20s
Lois Long chronicled the escapades of a flapper let loose in New York’s speakeasies and clubs during the infancy of the New...
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4.3KConnecticutJohn Hersey Tells the Truth About Hiroshima
After the Aug. 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima, the U.S. government censored the truth about the terrible carnage the atomic explosion wrought....
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6.7K1Business and LaborThe Rise and Fall of the Fore River Shipyard
The Fore River Shipyard started out as a farm in East Braintree, Mass., when Thomas Watson bought it. Watson had loaned money...
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5.3K2MassachusettsNew England’s Gun Valley, Child of the Springfield Armory
New England’s Gun Valley began with George Washington, who in 1777 scouted the site on an old Puritan muster ground in Springfield,...
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