Edison, West Orange, 1902

This image has been floating around the offices here at Hemmings for so long, we’re not sure who sent it to us or when. What we do know, besides the date of the photo, is that it depicts Thomas Edison (and presumably his wife Mina) within Edison’s compound in West Orange, New Jersey (now a […]

Auto Racing in Maine, 1911

The Stanley Museum in Kingfield, Maine, is creating a virtual museum, thanks to a $5,000 matching grant from the Maine Humanities Council. The online exhibits, using material drawn from the museum’s collections and archives, will be featured on the Maine Memory Network, a project of the Maine Historical Society. The first of the museum’s exhibits […]

Match the Latches, a stupidly hard quiz

I’m not going to say this one will be easy or, frankly, possible. For anyone, ever. But when you come across a round-up of the hood clasps of 1918, you’ve got to go for it. I will personally send you a shiny new dime if you nail all 12 – no cheating! I’ll even throw […]