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
Elizabeth Keckly was a slave who became an excellent seamstress. She bought her way out of slavery and became seamstress to Mary Lincoln.| 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