As Madame Renards' balloon was being inflated, it suddenly burst into flames. While one unfortunate bystander had his ...

An ancient Megillat Esther scroll dating back to the 19th century, bearing rare stamps from the community of Gaza expatriates ...

In plainer language, people live in the city or they live in the country. Throughout the nineteenth century, the United States had been mostly a nation of farmers, who lived in the country.

"Wish You Were Here" at the Grolier Club explores two centuries of NYC tourism using guidebooks, postcards, and other ...

The colonial city of Valparaíso presents an excellent example of late 19th-century urban and architectural development in Latin America. In its natural amphitheatre-like setting, the city is ...