Letter from Mabel Truss Metcalf to Marguerite Henrich Kellogg, October 14, 1923, page 1, Record Unit 7170, A. Remington Kellogg Papers, circa 1871–1969 and undated, Smithsonian Institution Archives, ...

In the 1920s, China was torn apart — no central authority, endless warlord skirmishes, and the people caught in the chaos.

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Similar to how the roaring 1920s in American history were glamorized by flapper dresses and economic prosperities, China also experienced their version of it in Shanghai, according to a Foreign Policy ...

Juliann Troi is a lover of history, nearly getting a degree in it in college. “I got one class shy of a history degree and figured out there’s nothing you can do with it, so I switched to Education, ...

Though some may now believe, as the eminent amateur historian and proto-podcaster Bluto did in “Animal House” (1978), that “the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor,” I think it’s reasonable to assume that ...

The concept of the “new woman” was born out of the clashes between Chinese and Western cultures during the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It was, in essence, a canvas onto which reformers — most of ...

"Bourne Identity" director Doug Liman and producers Rob Reiner and Alan Greisman are joining forces with Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production for a 1920s drama about Two-Gun Cohen, the British ...

Q:I inherited my china cabinet from my grandmother and believe it is about 80 years old. It has curved glass on three sides and painted panels. It is marked on the back "Paine Furniture Company, ...