The Ford Model T did not simply put more people behind the wheel. It rearranged daily life, work, and even the shape of ...

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The Apache chief Geronimo was still alive, as were the outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, not to mention the former slave Harriet Tubman, and the first nurse, Florence Nightingale, and the ...

An enormous explosion occurred approximately 3 to 6 miles (3.8 to 9.7 kilometers) above the Tunguska River area of Siberia on ...

When the investors in the Henry Ford Company couldn’t get Henry to design and build cars for sale they turned to Detroit’s “Master of Precision,” Henry Leland, in 1902 to appraise the company’s assets ...

At last year’s Watches & Wonders show in Geneva, Rolex introduced a brand-new product line called the 1908. A dress watch on a leather strap in yellow gold or white gold with its Perpetual movement ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to the year 1908. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document our nation’s shared history, art from across the ...