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A selection of women’s application letters for computer positions among the papers of American astronomer Frederick Hanley Seares

Women Computing the Stars

Posted on Sept. 8, 2015

Receipt for a cow from 2112–2004 B.C.
Sonya Levien, William Ludwig (far right), and an unidentified man at the 1956 Academy Awards

And the Oscar Went to…

Posted on Feb. 21, 2013

Ludwig van Beethoven autograph manuscript fragment

Happy Birthday, Beethoven

Posted on Dec. 16, 2012

Portion of the cover of the Thanksgiving menu from the Golden Eagle Hotel, Sacramento, California, 1892

Thanksgiving Feasts for the Ages

Posted on Nov. 21, 2012

Edwin Powell Hubble seated with his cat Nicolas Copernicus

Hubble and Copernicus

Posted on Nov. 8, 2012