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On March 5, 1770 five colonists in Boston died amid an entanglement with British soldiers. In the aftermath of the subsequently labeled Boston Massacre, a painful splitting occurred between Bostonians and John Adams — the city’s thirty-four-year-old homegrown, rising legal star and event...

We’ve all seen Ansel Adams’ luscious black-and-white images of Yosemite. Lesser known are his pictures of life in World War II-era Los Angeles. In 1939, Fortune magazine commissioned the renowned photographer to document the city’s aerospace industry as the country was shoring u...

We’ve all seen Ansel Adams’ luscious black-and-white images of Yosemite. Lesser known are his pictures of life in World War II-era Los Angeles. In 1939, Fortune magazine commissioned the renowned photographer to document the city’s aerospace industry as the country was shoring u...

December 30, 1932, saw the establishment of the Soviet Union’s State Planning Committee, also known as Gosplan, which oversaw the country’s economic policies and development. On the same day, H. Leslie Adams, a future composer, pianist, educator, and arts advocate, was born on a cold, sn...

On June 14, 1944, a fire broke out at the Hartford Hotel in downtown Dallas, Texas. The fire quickly spread, causing extensive damage to the hotel and neighboring buildings. It was one of the worst fires in the city’s history, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries. The exact number of ...

Once upon a time, in the vibrant world of art and creativity, there was a talented printmaker named Ron Adams. Born on June 25, 1934, in the city of Detroit, Michigan, Ron’s life unfolded against the backdrop of the Great Depression. Despite the economic hardships faced by many, Detroit remain...