December 1984

At the turn of the century, a crusading magazine editor exhorted women to seek peace of mind and body through simplicity. For a generation, they listened.

For sixty-five years this photographic company has been recording America from overhead

When did we start saying it? And why?

Solid-gold coins were legal tender for most of the nation's history. In their brilliant surfaces we can see our past fortunes.

He was more than just a cartoonist. He was the Hogarth of the American middle class.

… 1885 that is, month by month

All this Florida boy wanted to do was rejoin his regiment. Instead they drafted him into the Confederate secret service.

California has always been as much a state of mind as a geographical entity. For the better part of two centuries, artists have been defining its splendid promise.