Fannie Farmer: Cookbook Author Who Instituted Exact Measuring - America Comes Alive
Fannie Farmer ran cooking schools, gave lectures, and achieved fame as an author who introduced the concept of exact measurements in cooking.| America Comes Alive
Fannie Farmer ran cooking schools, gave lectures, and achieved fame as an author who introduced the concept of exact measurements in cooking.| America Comes Alive
Garrett A. Morgan was the successful inventor of several safety devices including a forerunner of the gas mask and the 3-way traffic signal.| America Comes Alive
Journalist and activist Jovita Idar (1885-1946) lived and worked in Laredo, Texas, along the Mexican border. She is the equal of social activists and reporters like Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochran), […]| America Comes Alive
Early drivers didn't need road maps as they drove locally. As they expanded the driving territory, they needed guidance. Road maps followed.| America Comes Alive
In 1909 Robert Guggenheim put together a transcontinental automobile endurance contest to encourage the U.S. to improve roads.| America Comes Alive
Ed Sullivan was a legendary showman who grew up in Port Chester, New York. His career as a long-time television host came about from hard work and good luck. His […]| America Comes Alive
Gasoline was initially a waste product from the refinement of crude oil to make kerosene. Then cars came along!| America Comes Alive
The job of a song plugger was to get the public excited enough to buy the sheet music and play the songs at home.| America Comes Alive
Jukeboxes evoke memories of the past while offering great entertainment today. They started as coin-operated phonographs and grew from there.| America Comes Alive
America Comes Alive shares little-known stories of America’s past, from intriguing inventions to heroic trailblazers. Enligthen, educate, enjoy.| America Comes Alive
No homing pigeon ever enlisted in any war, but they were used by the military on both sides of the conflicts during World Wars I and II. Once in place, […]| America Comes Alive
Homing pigeons saved thousands of lives during both World Wars. The military found that birds were sometimes more dependable than technology.| America Comes Alive
The United States Constitution is the cornerstone that supports our liberty. Yet most people are only vaguely aware of all that it specifies and why. What if the Constitution and […]| America Comes Alive
In World War I animals were indispensable. Horses and mules navigated rough roads better than trucks and tanks.| America Comes Alive
Medicine dosage via pills was unpredictable until the 1880s when Dr. W.E. Upjohn invented the dissolvable pill.| America Comes Alive
Annie Oakley taught herself to shoot a gun, because she needed to help put food on her family's table. She became remarkably good at it!| America Comes Alive
The Brownie camera introduced to the public the ability to take their own photographs, Up until then only professionals could do so.| America Comes Alive
The first police dogs in the U.S. were brought from Ghent, Belgium, where there was a training program. The dogs worked in NYC.| America Comes Alive
