Long before he was John Wayne, cowboy icon and the most recognizable walk in American […]
Month: July 2026
Hermes and the First Greek Stamps
When Greece issued its first postage stamps on October 1, 1861, it chose not a […]
Coronado: Arizona’s European History Begins
On September 7, 1940, the U.S. Post Office issued a three-cent violet stamp from Albuquerque, […]
Susan B. Anthony: Two Stamps and a Dollar
Susan B. Anthony died in 1906, 14 years before the amendment she had spent her […]
Double Eagle II: The Flight and the Men Who Made It
By 1978, crossing the Atlantic by balloon had become one of aviation’s most stubborn unfinished […]
The Man Who Made the West Look Like That
Before John Ford discovered it, Monument Valley wasn’t a movie backdrop — it was just […]
The Dizziest Shot in Hollywood
Jimmy Stewart spent the 1930s and ’40s playing America’s most trustworthy face — the idealistic […]
Elvis really wanted to be an actor
Everybody knows Elvis could sing. Fewer people remember he spent 13 years trying to convince […]
James Dean’s career was short, but legendary
He made three movies. He’s been famous forever after. James Dean’s entire film career fits […]
Judy Garland still inseparable from ‘Wizard’
“I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!” That line belongs to the […]
James Cagney was the archetype gangster
Everyone remembers James Cagney snarling “You dirty rat!” at some poor soul in a gangster […]
Vivien Leigh forever known as Scarlett O’Hara
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” It’s the most famous closing line in […]