Some New York newsstands still use wooden blocks to keep papers from blowing away.  The Sun ceased publication in 1950. When I was gro...

Census taker (lower right) with American Indians, 1910 An entire century will separate the 1920 and 2020 censuses, so one would think ...

Photos by Claudia Keenan https://www.throughthehourglass.com/2019/04/full-moon-from-train.html?m=1

Central Park Photo by Claudia Keenan https://www.throughthehourglass.com/2019/04/springtime-tracery.html?m=1

Nebraska State Normal School at Peru, circa 1900   In Peru, Nebraska, the local news channel used a drone to show where the Missouri Riv...

Sleighing in New York by Thomas Benecke, 1855 (Print Collection, New York Public Library; bequest of Amos F. Eno) In 1915 when Amo...

The Diamond in the Window by Jane Langton Original cover; drawing by Erik Blegvad (1962) My mother told me that it wasn’t fair to othe...